Crime & Safety
Man Arrested on Suspicion of Growing Marijuana Inside a Rowland Heights Home
Raul Villa, 23, was arrested after Sheriff's deputies found 150 plants growing inside the home.
A 23-year-old man was being held today in lieu of $50,000 bail in connection with the discovery of several marijuana plants.
He was arrested on suspicion of cultivating marijuana when a deputy found 150 marijuana plants growing inside a Rowland Heights home.
Raul Villa was being held in the sheriff's Walnut station jail and is expected to be arraigned 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Citrus Municipal Court in West Covina, according to the Sheriff's Department Inmate Information Center.
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Sgt. Christina Baker of the sheriff's Walnut station told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune that a deputy saw Villa acting suspicious around a home in the 1500 block of Greencastle Avenue about 4 p.m. Friday.
Baker told the newspaper the deputy thought Villa was a burglary suspect and detained him.
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Villa tried to distance himself from the residence, which turned out to be a marijuana grow house, the sheriff's sergeant told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
--City News Service
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