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 [PA] Large mushroom operation busted 
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Large mushroom operation busted
February 11, 2012 - altoonamirror.com
TYRONE - A suspected psilocybin mushroom-growing operation discovered by Tyrone police is one of the biggest ever found by police in Pennsylvania, state narcotics agents said Friday.
"We've never seen it in town," Tyrone Borough Police Chief John Romeo said of psychoactive mushrooms. "It's obviously been sold out of town."
The grow operation was sophisticated and large, occupying two rooms of an apartment at 1058 Pennsylvania Ave., Romeo said. It was uncovered after a domestic assault was reported by a woman who lived there with her boyfriend.
Justin H. Thompson, 26, was arrested Thursday night after he allegedly hit his girlfriend and then duct-taped her to a chair earlier in the day, Romeo said.
According to Thompson's arrest papers, he told his girlfriend that he was going to pick up their daughter and she had to stay at the apartment. The girl freed herself with a kitchen knife and escaped, police said.
When police talked to the girlfriend about the alleged assault, she told them about the mushroom operation and gave officers permission to search the apartment.
When Tyrone Officer Cory Roland and other officers, along with the girlfriend, walked into the apartment, police said they found mushrooms in various states of growth - from spores in petri dishes to mature specimens in soil beds.
Officers left the apartment and called in agents from the Attorney General's Bureau of Narcotics Investigation, who called in their special response team, the Blazing Arrow Hook & Ladder Volunteer Fire Company to refill air packs and the Blair County Hazardous Materials Team to assist in decontaminating agents and equipment.
The precautions were taken because of concerns about having agents exposed to any spores disturbed by the dismantling process, BNI Supervisory Agent James Walstrom said.
"He obviously knew what he was doing," Walstrom said of Thompson, adding that growing mushrooms is a more involved process than growing marijuana.
Investigators still don't have a handle on the quantity of the psychoactive mushrooms found or the full capacity of the operation, except that it was beyond anything they've seen before, police said.
Thompson, who has no prior criminal history, appeared before Magisterial District Judge Todd F. Kelly at 8:45 p.m. Thursday on charges of simple assault, unlawful restraint and harassment and jailed in lieu of 10 percent of $10,000.
He was taken Friday from Blair County Prison and arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Fred B. Miller on possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, conspiracy charges, possession of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia charges.
"My intentions were in the right," Thompson told Miller before bail was set at $250,000 cash.
The investigation is ongoing, and Thompson won't be the only person charged in the case, Romeo said.
The dismantling of the operation shut down Pennsylvania Avenue between 10th and 11th streets for about 3 hours Friday, and BNI Regional Director Randy Feathers said the cleanup cost ranged between $15,000 and $20,000.
According to BNI agents who respond to scenes such as the one in Tyrone, it was one of the largest mushroom operations they have ever encountered, Feathers said.
Feathers credited the Tyrone officers for their work and said they followed their Operation Our Town-funded training by realizing what they had found and calling in specialists to deal with the evidence collecting and cleanup.
Police removed enough equipment and evidence to fill several trucks with some items going to the state police crime lab in Greensburg and other evidence heading to BNI's State College office, Feathers said.
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: veggie]
#15790604 - 02/10/12 09:57 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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You would think they were dealing with an amphetemine operation,HA!!!
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: dutchfunkle]
#15790632 - 02/10/12 10:03 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Nice pressure cooker in the back of that truck.
That photo is kinda awesome.
10-20K for to clean up a few big monotubs.
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: Beefy1]
#15790690 - 02/10/12 10:18 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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That cleanup shouldn't have cost even 1% of the money they spent. They should be sued by the taxpayers for misuse of funds.
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: Dragonaut]
#15790718 - 02/10/12 10:25 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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you would think they were dealing with anthrax, jesus christ...besides simply removing the equipment what the fuck else are they doing?
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: Pilz]
#15790791 - 02/10/12 10:50 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Gettin' paid, gettin' paid...
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: Humility]
#15790848 - 02/10/12 11:07 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Quote:
The precautions were taken because of concerns about having agents exposed to any spores disturbed by the dismantling process, BNI Supervisory Agent James Walstrom said.
Oh my god spores are soo hazardous we gotta nuke the city in order to decomtaminate!!!!  
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: johnnyjae]
#15790951 - 02/10/12 11:52 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: Dorian Gray] 3
#15790976 - 02/11/12 12:03 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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I'll clean the place up for 50 bucks, no need to spend that much money on it.
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: bryguy27007]
#15790989 - 02/11/12 12:10 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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good point! i agree with your!the information I’m sending it to some friends!
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#15791001 - 02/11/12 12:16 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Anyone notice that every drug bust is 'The Biggest Operation They've Ever Seen'?
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: babypp2]
#15791017 - 02/11/12 12:23 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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bitch is a rat..
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: orison319]
#15791351 - 02/11/12 03:26 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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I wonder if anyone would have the balls to just laugh in their face and call them retarded?
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They wouldn't wear theses suits if they were visiting an edible mushroom farm... I'm sure even thoses cops were thinking that it was rediculous.
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: BlackPeace]
#15791474 - 02/11/12 04:56 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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lol love the bio hazard suits they wore! how the fuck did it cost 20,000 to clean up some mushrooms??
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: FlashLightning]
#15791521 - 02/11/12 05:33 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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What a waste,
It's not like the guys were dumping contaminated substrate right on the floor.
I'm pretty sure they don't really clean stuff inside the house, they most probably just take all the stuff out. And they breaks ALL THE GREENHOUSES 
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: BlackPeace]
#15791532 - 02/11/12 05:42 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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BlackPeace said:
Seriously, it would take these fucking douche-fucks about 15 minutes to find credible sources that would affirm the spores are completely harmless. If he's doing agar work then they probably had a HEPA filter of some type as well. I'd be willing to bet that apartment/house had less particulates in the air than a day in June. One can only hope that at least ONE of those Tyvek covered monkeys are thinking, 'why the fuck are we carrying all of this shit wearing tanks of air?' JUST ONE!? Or they all blindly follow and probably stepped in some dog shit and a used condom while walking back and forth to the dump truck.
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: orison319] 1
#15791536 - 02/11/12 05:46 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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orison319 said:
bitch is a rat..
duct taped her to a chair!?..... fuck that mofo...id rat on him too
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: preschooler]
#15791570 - 02/11/12 06:02 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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He should kill that girl when he gets out, and really hasmat?
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Re: [PA] Large mushroom operation busted [Re: preschooler]
#15791593 - 02/11/12 06:15 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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loose lips sink ships every fucking time. if you aint married to the broad then keep you fucking mouth shut, good god.
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