https://www.atf.gov/news/pr/former-kirkland-residents-sentenced-prison-hash-oil-explosion Annette L. Hayes , United States Attorney Contact: Emily Langlie (206) 553-4110 www.justice.gov/usao/waw Former Kirkland Residents Sentenced to Prison for Hash Oil Explosion Explosion Moved Walls, Threw Debris Some 25 Feet Two men whose hash oil manufacturing operation exploded on New Year"s Day 2014, were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to federal prison terms, announced Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. ROBBY WAYNE MEISER, 46, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release, and BRUCE W. MARK, 62, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and three years of supervised release. The men were ordered to pay over $97,000 in restitution for damage to the apartment building. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour imposed the sentences. "Hash oil manufacturing, and resulting explosions, is a growing and serious problem in Western Washington and elsewhere in the countryâ€, said Acting United States Attorney Annette L. Hayes. "As more states decriminalize marijuana, people such as these defendants are creating danger as they seek to manufacture a stronger product. It is important to send a public message that those who go too far and put lives at risk will be prosecuted and punished.†According to records filed in the case, on January 1, 2014, Kirkland Fire Department units responded to reports of an explosion and fire at the Inglenook Apartments on 142nd Street in Kirkland. Both defendants suffered burns in the explosion. Butane gas used in the manufacturing of hash oil exploded and blew out windows on the structure, expelling debris some 25 feet away. The north wall of the apartment was displaced outward approximately 6 – 8 inches by the blast, and the roof was disconnected from that wall. On the inside, large gaps were seen between the ceiling and interior walls, and one interior wall had been moved about 10 inches. The sliding glass doors and frame were blown outward, away from the structure. The fire department condemned parts of the building due to structural concerns. Officers found thirteen empty 8 ounce butane cans, and a box of twenty-four full 8 ounce cans in the apartment, together with a marijuana grow and other implements used to make hash oil. When the men were arrested in July 2014, investigators found a second marijuana grow at the home they occupied in the Green Lake neighborhood of Seattle, as well as a small amount of butane used in hash oil manufacturing. In November 2014 the men pleaded guilty to Endangering Human Life While Manufacturing Controlled Substances. Federal charges have been filed in connection with four other hash oil operations – three of them resulting in explosions and fire. In one of the cases from Bellevue, Washington, an apartment resident was injured trying to escape the flames and later died following complications from her hospitalization. The defendants in that case are to be sentenced later this year. The cases were investigated by multiple local and federal agencies including: the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bellevue Police Department, the Seattle Police Department, and the Kirkland Police Department. The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Todd Greenberg and Vince Lombardi. Press contact for the U.S. Attorney"s Office is Public Affairs Officer Emily Langlie at (206) 553-4110 or Emily.Langlie@usdoj.gov (link sends e-mail). Field Division: Seattle Field Division
Guys like this make us the laughing stock of the nation concerning legalization. It is not like we have an easy row to hoe, then careless shit do this. I have to come up with modified arguments that cannabis does not kill. Sent from my VK815 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Butane is only flammable at 17% concentration in the atmosphere, you have to be a real dumb fuck to blast so much inside your apartment that you reach that point and unfortunately this one person will stain the image of the hundreds of people who are doing it safely.
46 and 62. It's a wonder they have survived this long. Usually Darwinism takes these kind of people long before then.
That's fuckin' brutal. Unfortunately these situations have a way of looking extremely badly when you happen to be involved, especially thanks to it needing essentially the bomb squad to contain. I can see the billboards now, with the pictures of BHO on one side and some stoner-esque lookin' dude sitting dejectedly in a jail cell on the other- "BOMB HASH -or- BOMB SQUAD. THE CHOICE IS YOURS." It sucks doubly seeing prison walls over the manufacture of a THC product in a state that legalized it. jah!/*d$*
Someone blew up there garage about a week ago around the OC, that butane bottle isn't covered top to bottom with warning labels for no reason. Sent from my iPhone using Grasscity Forum mobile app
I make my own hashish. Completely organic, solventless hashish. I enjoy my organic medicine from a nail on a dab rig. Why do you have a problem with this? I'm not even combusting plant matter, just vaporizing the purest essence of the plant. Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Grasscity Forum mobile app
Bums drink alcohol, that image isn't pretty, but they aren't condemning all drinkers.... Fuck the government Sent from my Nexus 5 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
"Alley-rock," "Bum and a Beer," They are all drugs and have great examples of the low hanging fruit. I only smoke flower, so I have no dog in this race. however to state my example is irrelevant, tells me you haven't considered that any input is relevant if you approach it in the right lane. Happy smoking Sent from my Nexus 5 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
It's almost like you don't know what a "fact" is at all. I really don't care if you like me smoking my hash off a hot nail or think it's cool - but I have as much right to do it as you do sparking your shit however you like (idiots blowing themselves up notwithstanding). Keep the shitty exclusionary opinion to yourself.
You do realize that deleting your posts is an effort in futility considering you've been quoted on every post you tried to erase. Which makes it look even worse. You had an opinion. It was uninformed and prejudicial but still an opinion. Stand by your words or amend your opinion and apologize. Don't try and pretend it never happened. Integrity is facing your mistakes and owning up to them. If you feel you did the right thing then there's a place for you in politics.