Althouse: "Maraschino cherry tycoon kills himself as cops find 'Breaking Bad' drug lab and a fleet of luxury cars after stumbling on hidden wall at factory."

February 25, 2015

"Maraschino cherry tycoon kills himself as cops find 'Breaking Bad' drug lab and a fleet of luxury cars after stumbling on hidden wall at factory."

There's a headline.

24 comments:

madAsHell said...: So, they used environmental regulations to enter the factory, and search for the marijuana grow room!!....and this was after they had watched the place for 6 months without finding any evidence of criminal activity.

They managed to find 80 pounds of pot, and lots of money. I have to believe a good attorney could have kept him out of jail.

There must be something else going on here.; 2/25/15, 2:00 PM
Richard Lawrence Cohen said...: "At this point, the maraschino cherry is just another commodity. We’re trying to change that."

Be careful what you wish for.; 2/25/15, 2:17 PM
Revenant said...: "'Breaking Bad' drug lab" is the most retarded way I've yet heard of describing "growing marijuana indoors".; 2/25/15, 2:26 PM
mccullough said...: He popped his own cherry; 2/25/15, 2:33 PM
mccullough said...: Tycoon seems a bit exalted of a word choice for this story.

If he qualifies as a tycoon why not also call him a marijuana kingpin; 2/25/15, 2:40 PM
mccullough said...: Maybe the scions of his empire will perfect the mariscijuana cherry; 2/25/15, 2:45 PM
AustinRoth said...: Um, I wouldn't call a pot growing operation a "Breaking Bad" lab. Talk about misleading.; 2/25/15, 2:49 PM
Anonymous said...: @AustinRoth said...

exactly.

a Meth Lab is a different class of facility...; 2/25/15, 2:50 PM
Rusty said...: C'mon. You got to admit, "Maraschino Cherry Kingpin", sounds kinda gay.

Titus. You wanna back me up on this?

And I mean "back me up" figuratively, Titus.; 2/25/15, 3:15 PM
m stone said...: Isn't this "broken walls policing"?; 2/25/15, 3:47 PM
Fernandinande said...: 'Breaking Bad' drug lab
There's a headline.

Yup. A fake headline, since growing plants isn't a "Breaking Bad" drug lab, by any means.

Perhaps they would get more clicks with something like "Nuclear Powered Drug Lab With Poison", which might be more accurate since they *might* get some power from nuclear power plants. Maybe. And something might be poisonous, soap perhaps.

An anonymous source told the paper that the environmental offense warrants were simply used to get into the building.

They always lie.

Post: Investigators from the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and the DEP were technically searching the place for possible violations involving the dumping of waste when Mondella killed himself, sources said.

So much for "...particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."; 2/25/15, 3:51 PM
dbp said...: Have you thought of a good way to use this to haze your sis?; 2/25/15, 4:00 PM
Bob Boyd said...: His wife even looks like Skyler White.; 2/25/15, 4:39 PM
tim maguire said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/25/15, 5:27 PM
David said...: Coward.; 2/25/15, 5:28 PM
jr565 said...: He killed himself because of our draconian drug laws! Legalize meth!; 2/25/15, 6:21 PM
tim maguire said...: Same place, which was literally 18 inches from the back of my house when I lived in Brooklyn.

The Mystery of the Red Bees of Red Hook; 2/25/15, 7:15 PM
Michael K said...: Something else was going on. Maybe when they find the other wall. Maybe something like the Belgian case.

Killing yourself over 80 lbs of pot is something only a politician would do.; 2/25/15, 7:27 PM
Sam L. said...: Ace headline!; 2/25/15, 7:31 PM
Revenant said...: He killed himself because of our draconian drug laws! Legalize meth!

Looks like somebody decided to comment without first reading (a) the article or (b) any of the other comments.; 2/25/15, 8:16 PM
William said...: Who knew that there was this much money and power to be had by cornering the maraschino cherry market. We've all heard the sordid stories of the sprinkle traffickers, but, until now, I thought maraschino cherries were on the up and up; 2/25/15, 9:07 PM
Anonymous said...: I am so proud that I don't know what "Breaking Bad" connotes.

Goodbye, pop culture. I won't miss you.; 2/25/15, 9:59 PM
lonetown said...: So they had to make up a pretense to get a warrant. Isn't that illegal?; 2/26/15, 7:01 AM
Revenant said...: So they had to make up a pretense to get a warrant. Isn't that illegal?

Lying to the courts is only illegal when normal people do it. When police do it it is called "another day on the job".; 2/26/15, 11:38 PM