Neighbor’s complaint, FOX News story, lead to medmj garden thefts
Monday, September 15th, 2008 at 4:40 pm | By: Radical Russ
Last Tuesday I posted a story, “Dispute Grows Over Medical Marijuana Plants“, in which a legal medical marijuana-using cancer patient received complaints about her outdoor garden from her neighbor, Mr. Jack Lennon of Vancouver, Washington. The Vancouver police checked out Mr. Lennon’s allegations that she was growing “a lot more than 60 days” worth of medicine, as per Washington’s state medical marijuana law, and that they were “the biggest plants I’ve ever seen.” The police found her outdoor grow to be completely within the law.
However, Jack Lennon’s complaint also led to a news story on the local FOX affiliate, KPTV 12 in Portland. The news story mentioned the name of the street on which Jack Lennon and the cancer patient reside, and filmed the story with the cancer patient’s home featured prominently throughout the report.
Friends and family and the patient herself, self-identified as Tracie, have followed-up on my initial post with updates in our comments section. According to Tracie:
I am not sure why Jack decided to take this action. I have in the past given him Blazer Tickets, a cell phone, and my husband sold him his first car. We have always been close to Jack, his brother and mother. Why Jack all of the sudden became an expert without asking me first, is beyond me.
Jack has now been informed that there is no illegal activity taking place on my property, and that if he, or anyone else on my block bother me, the Vancouver Police Department will site them for harassment.
Again, thank you to all those that care. I am starting to feel better…good day today. Have another round of chemo on Thursday, so keep me in your prayers.
Unfortunately, thanks to the media attention by KPTV FOX News 12 and Jack Lennon or Vancouver, Washington, this cancer patient named Tracie now lives in a house that the entire Portland metro area knows has a cannabis growsite in her back yard. Sunday night, a family friend writes:
Unfortunately the lady growers’ home was robbed yesterday morning sometime between the hours of 3:30am and 7:00am. There had been no problems since May until the news story…
[S]ecurity has been beefed up, however, one of Jack’s friends, (This was confirmed with Jack’s mother) posted the lady’s name and address on another site with the comment “looking for a new drug dealer?”…
Almost half were stolen, but I am guessing not by a medical patient. And it had to be by someone who our 3 dogs know…
Then, early on Monday morning we received another update:
The house was robbed again by high schoolers but one was caught and taken by Vancouver Police Department. He was caught by the added security and told us he heard about the marijuana from the Fox Channel 12 news story with Jim Hyde.
So thanks in no small part to Jack Lennon of Vancouver, Washington, not being man enough to privately address his concerns about a secret outdoor marijuana garden to his frail, cancer-stricken female neighbor, she now gets to scramble to find medicine so she won’t vomit uncontrollably from her next chemo treatment. Thanks to KPTV FOX News 12 and their lack of concern for the medical privacy of a cancer patient, residents of a peaceful Vancouver nighborhood now must worry about late-night thieves prowling around their back yards and alleyways.
Jack Lennon of Vancouver, Washington, the late great John Lennon wrote lyrics for people like you: “Instant karma’s gonna get you!”
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Now, we here at the Stash, unlike Jack Lennon of Vancouver, Washington, will not post Jack Lennon’s address and strongly discourage any harassment of Mr. Lennon. We believe in minding our own business and letting people be, even inconsiderate cowards who run to the police rather than talking to cancer-suffering neighbors. However, KPTV FOX 12 Portland is a news media organization that should know better. You may address your complaints to:
KPTV Fox 12
News Director/Station Manager
Patrick McCreery
14975 NW Greenbrier Parkway
Beaverton, OR 97006-5731
tel (503) 906-1249
fax (503) 548-6920
