Crime & Safety
Entire Wildomar Home Converted Into Pot Grow House, Police Say
Sheriff's officials say the whole house was outfitted to grow marijuana.
WILDOMAR, CA — It was almost green Christmas inside one Wildomar home, where sheriff's deputies say they found a house chock full of marijuana plants in an elaborate grow operation this week.
According to sheriff's Sgt. Glenn Warrington, Lake Elsinore sheriff's deputies received complaints about a "possible illegal marijuana cultivation" at the house in the 25800 block of Via Sarah last month.
"On Dec. 24... at the direction of Sheriff Chad Bianco, deputies served a search warrant...," Warrington said in a news release. "As a result of the search warrant, marijuana plants were located and collected."
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What's more, authorities found the electrical system was altered to steal power "causing a severe fire hazard and theft of utilities" — which Southern California Edison estimated at $30,000 in utility loss, over the last year, he said.
No one was found at the home and no arrests were made.
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"Wildomar Code Enforcement deemed the house uninhabitable," he said. "Edison Company responded out to the residence and turned the power off to the residence due to the illegal wiring throughout the residence."
Anyone who many have information related to the case is asked to call Deputy Carlson at the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station at (951) 245-3300.
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