Buffalo Cop Charged With Growing 1000+ Marijuana.Plants. We Got Another Genius Here!

FranJan

Well-Known Member
Next time don't be so greedy and remember to pay off your bosses, dumb little piggy:

Thanks to The Wall Street Journal + the AP:

"BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Buffalo police officer has been charged with running a marijuana-growing operation inside a warehouse in the city.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says Officer Jorge Melendez and a second man, Jason Elardo, were growing more than 1,000 plants inside the well-equipped location. Melendez was arrested at police headquarters Thursday after his shift.​
Court documents show investigators have been watching the property since being tipped to the operation last May. City property records indicate Melendez and Elardo bought the building in December 2007.​
The pair made initial appearances in federal court and were ordered held for a detention hearing Friday. Neither has yet hired a lawyer.​
Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda says Melendez, the son of a late, retired officer, is off the force. He'd been an officer for four years.
—Copyright 2012 Associated Press"

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP5d3e703f6ef04c7397d06436f5aea0da.html


Do you think he'll be made an example of for breaking the public trust, his oath of office or some stupid moral clause in his contract? I'm sick of those in power, especially the judicial industry and Congress, breaking the law and then going "Oooooppps, Sorry" when caught and getting nothing more than a slap on the wrist and a better job. Fuck 'em all to hell if this guy doesn't do solid time like all the other victims in jail for growing a plant.


Edit: Here's another post with some more info. He's being prosecuted for growing over 100 plants, but I don't think he was growing as many as the AP claimed. Sorry. Thanks to WRGZ.

http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/169940/37/Buffalo-Police-Officer-Arrested-in-Big-Pot-Bust
 

Nitegazer

Well-Known Member
Love that second article:
the sophisticated grow was using "... growth inducing chemicals..."

Clearly growing pot is dangerous and evil.

BTW, the second article does claim he was growing nearly 1,000 plants, though I am sure many of them were just rooting clones.
 

Bigtacofarmer

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Do you think the idiot pig even took a pro pot stance to others? Was he the cop who let people go for weed or did he bust the shit out of people. If by some chance (very little) he stood up to the plant then I feel very bad for him and what has happened. Although he is likely greedy and does nothing positive for the cannabis community, in which case maybe getting raped in prison will turn him into a good activist or something? He's about to learn about the system he defended.
 

dank smoker420

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Love that second article:
the sophisticated grow was using "... growth inducing chemicals..."

Clearly growing pot is dangerous and evil.

BTW, the second article does claim he was growing nearly 1,000 plants, though I am sure many of them were just rooting clones.
i like how the chemicals used to grow these plants a pretty much persieved as dangerous. but all the GM foods that we eat most people dont even question there danger. im pretty sure most of those foods along with all the antibiotics we ingest from the meat we eat are alot more dangerous
 

badmojo420

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"Police officers are sworn to protect the public and uphold the law. It is particulary disturbing when an officer breaks the law he was sworn to uphold."
i about died loling
 

Dr Kynes

Well-Known Member
Love that second article:
the sophisticated grow was using "... growth inducing chemicals..."

Clearly growing pot is dangerous and evil.

BTW, the second article does claim he was growing nearly 1,000 plants, though I am sure many of them were just rooting clones.

Fuck Is that what i been doin wrong? I been using the growth RETARDING chemicals and fertilizers! Shit man why didnt you tell me they had the other kind?
 

MellowFarmer

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Do you think the idiot pig even took a pro pot stance to others? Was he the cop who let people go for weed or did he bust the shit out of people. If by some chance (very little) he stood up to the plant then I feel very bad for him and what has happened. Although he is likely greedy and does nothing positive for the cannabis community, in which case maybe getting raped in prison will turn him into a good activist or something? He's about to learn about the system he defended.
If he was then it's.a damn shame his breed.of Pig is nearly extinct.
Doubt it though. Be stupid for even Pig's IQ to do while hiding a grow in Western NY
 

Geronimo420

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I just wonder how many good dude end-up in jail in the hand of that bastard & cross my finger that he get thrown in a cell with a few of em'.
 

FranJan

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Here's a little follow up, seems our hero was working as a snitch for the FBI after they caught him "talking to drug dealers" in NYC and the Buffalo PD is now trying to wipe that egg off their face:

From the Buffalo News:


"Jorge I. Melendez had experience working with law enforcement before he became a Buffalo police officer four years ago.

But city police brass recently found out the line of work he was involved with is usually reserved for criminals looking to stay out of jail or make money.
Melendez became an FBI confidential informant in New York City after his voice was caught on a wire tap talking to drug dealers, law enforcement sources said. No criminal charges were filed against Melendez, but he began helping in the probe.
Now Buffalo police officials are wondering why they ever hired Melendez, who was immediately fired earlier this month when federal drug enforcement agents arrested him for allegedly overseeing a major marijuana grow operation in South Buffalo, often driving up in a patrol car on duty and in uniform.
"He was working as a confidential informant for the FBI in New York City shortly before he joined the Buffalo Police Department several years ago," a police official familiar with the marijuana operation said Monday.
FBI agents lacked enough evidence to arrest Melendez, but felt comfortable enough to recruit him, the official said.
Two other police sources also confirmed Melendez's work as a confidential informant.
"The FBI was conducting a drug investigation involving cocaine in New York City and Melendez was intercepted on a wire tap," the police official told The Buffalo News. "Agents had enough to confront him and he cooperated."
Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda declined to comment on Melendez's past, but said the department will examine how it goes about screening prospective officers in the future. "We are going to review the hiring process with the Human Resource Division and Civil Service," Derenda said.
Melendez, 41, the son of a police officer who died in an off-duty boating accident, is required to stay at his second-floor Niagara Street apartment under the terms of his release on a $250,000 bond.
He and two others, Jason R. Elardo of South Buffalo, and Robert L. Osika of Eden, were arrested for allegedly growing the marijuana plants in warehouses at 2157 South Park Ave. and 1372 Clinton St.
More than 1,000 plants were seized, capping off a yearlong investigation that began after state police received a tip. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, FBI agents, state and city police conducted the joint investigation.
Melendez and his co-defendants are due back in federal court June 25.
He did not answer the door to his residence Monday afternoon, but a man identifying himself as a relative said the ex-officer was at home but did not wish to comment.
Defense attorney Jeremy D. Schwartz, who is representing Melendez, said his client's previous activities as an FBI confidential informant were of no consequence in his work as a police officer.
"I don't know all the circumstances, but if it is something he was not charged with, I don't see how that should have affected his employment with the Buffalo police or have any bearing on the present allegations against him," Schwartz said.
But city police administrators on Monday said they would not have hired someone even remotely involved in drug dealing.
And Derenda said he stands completely behind his decision to fire Melendez.
"We had solid evidence," the commissioner said. "He admitted what he was doing."
How did Melendez get past the screening process?
Years ago, the Buffalo Police Department conducted its own background investigations and polygraph tests on candidates for police officer, but in recent years those tasks have been contracted out to private vendors.
So police officials say they can only speculate that whoever conducted the background review did not dig deep enough.
And Melendez, they said, apparently did not volunteer information on his involvement as an informant.
"The right question was not asked in the screening process," a city police investigator said.
The News has attempted to learn the names of the private firms that conducted the screening and polygraph on Melendez, but as of late Monday was unable to obtain them.
A check with several other area police departments, including the state police, revealed that members of those law enforcement agencies conduct the vetting process.
"To ensure the integrity of the operation and the hiring process, we take on the task of conducting applicant background investigations ourselves," State Police spokesman Sgt. Kern A. Swoboda said from Albany. "We know what we are looking for and we've been doing it this way since our first class of troopers in 1917."
At the Erie County Sheriff's Office, Chief Scott Joslyn said he oversees investigation into prospective deputies.
"We prefer upper administration involvement to ensure the accuracy and depth of the background review," Joslyn said.
"

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/buffalo/article898798.ece


"Talking to drug dealers", sounds like a euphemism for "working for drug dealers".
 

RawBudzski

Well-Known Member
Here's a little follow up, seems our hero was working as a snitch for the FBI after they caught him "talking to drug dealers" in NYC and the Buffalo PD is now trying to wipe that egg off their face:

From the Buffalo News:


"Jorge I. Melendez had experience working with law enforcement before he became a Buffalo police officer four years ago.

But city police brass recently found out the line of work he was involved with is usually reserved for criminals looking to stay out of jail or make money.
Melendez became an FBI confidential informant in New York City after his voice was caught on a wire tap talking to drug dealers, law enforcement sources said. No criminal charges were filed against Melendez, but he began helping in the probe.
Now Buffalo police officials are wondering why they ever hired Melendez, who was immediately fired earlier this month when federal drug enforcement agents arrested him for allegedly overseeing a major marijuana grow operation in South Buffalo, often driving up in a patrol car on duty and in uniform.
"He was working as a confidential informant for the FBI in New York City shortly before he joined the Buffalo Police Department several years ago," a police official familiar with the marijuana operation said Monday.
FBI agents lacked enough evidence to arrest Melendez, but felt comfortable enough to recruit him, the official said.
Two other police sources also confirmed Melendez's work as a confidential informant.
"The FBI was conducting a drug investigation involving cocaine in New York City and Melendez was intercepted on a wire tap," the police official told The Buffalo News. "Agents had enough to confront him and he cooperated."
Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda declined to comment on Melendez's past, but said the department will examine how it goes about screening prospective officers in the future. "We are going to review the hiring process with the Human Resource Division and Civil Service," Derenda said.
Melendez, 41, the son of a police officer who died in an off-duty boating accident, is required to stay at his second-floor Niagara Street apartment under the terms of his release on a $250,000 bond.
He and two others, Jason R. Elardo of South Buffalo, and Robert L. Osika of Eden, were arrested for allegedly growing the marijuana plants in warehouses at 2157 South Park Ave. and 1372 Clinton St.
More than 1,000 plants were seized, capping off a yearlong investigation that began after state police received a tip. U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents, FBI agents, state and city police conducted the joint investigation.
Melendez and his co-defendants are due back in federal court June 25.
He did not answer the door to his residence Monday afternoon, but a man identifying himself as a relative said the ex-officer was at home but did not wish to comment.
Defense attorney Jeremy D. Schwartz, who is representing Melendez, said his client's previous activities as an FBI confidential informant were of no consequence in his work as a police officer.
"I don't know all the circumstances, but if it is something he was not charged with, I don't see how that should have affected his employment with the Buffalo police or have any bearing on the present allegations against him," Schwartz said.
But city police administrators on Monday said they would not have hired someone even remotely involved in drug dealing.
And Derenda said he stands completely behind his decision to fire Melendez.
"We had solid evidence," the commissioner said. "He admitted what he was doing."
How did Melendez get past the screening process?
Years ago, the Buffalo Police Department conducted its own background investigations and polygraph tests on candidates for police officer, but in recent years those tasks have been contracted out to private vendors.
So police officials say they can only speculate that whoever conducted the background review did not dig deep enough.
And Melendez, they said, apparently did not volunteer information on his involvement as an informant.
"The right question was not asked in the screening process," a city police investigator said.
The News has attempted to learn the names of the private firms that conducted the screening and polygraph on Melendez, but as of late Monday was unable to obtain them.
A check with several other area police departments, including the state police, revealed that members of those law enforcement agencies conduct the vetting process.
"To ensure the integrity of the operation and the hiring process, we take on the task of conducting applicant background investigations ourselves," State Police spokesman Sgt. Kern A. Swoboda said from Albany. "We know what we are looking for and we've been doing it this way since our first class of troopers in 1917."
At the Erie County Sheriff's Office, Chief Scott Joslyn said he oversees investigation into prospective deputies.
"We prefer upper administration involvement to ensure the accuracy and depth of the background review," Joslyn said.
"

http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/buffalo/article898798.ece


"Talking to drug dealers", sounds like a euphemism for "working for drug dealers".


Makes me want to become a fking police officer.

Officer Budzskii Here.!!. Coming to a city near you!

No really, like this is motivation to join the force.. I can become a cop if I stop smoking for several months, or all together.. Yet I can still grow!? Awesome.


&& if this post plays against me & my career in the force, I will simply say this was a test. To show just how "human" cops are.
 

MellowFarmer

Well-Known Member
How did Melendez get past the screening process?
Years ago, the Buffalo Police Department conducted its own background investigations and polygraph tests on candidates for police officer, but in recent years those tasks have been contracted out to private vendors.
So police officials say they can only speculate that whoever conducted the background review did not dig deep enough.
And Melendez, they said, apparently did not volunteer information on his involvement as an informant.
"The right question was not asked in the screening process," a city police investigator said.
The News has attempted to learn the names of the private firms that conducted the screening and polygraph on Melendez, but as of late Monday was unable to obtain them.
A check with several other area police departments, including the state police, revealed that members of those law enforcement agencies conduct the vetting process.
"To ensure the integrity of the operation and the hiring process, we take on the task of conducting applicant background investigations ourselves," State Police spokesman Sgt. Kern A. Swoboda said from Albany. "We know what we are looking for and we've been doing it this way since our first class of troopers in 1917."
At the Erie County Sheriff's Office, Chief Scott Joslyn said he oversees investigation into prospective deputies.
"We prefer upper administration involvement to ensure the accuracy and depth of the background review," Joslyn said.[/I]"
WTF? They asked the wrong questions? I guess it IS hard to find Pigs- they need a certain dumbness most can't achieve. But this is insane!
 

Bigtacofarmer

Well-Known Member
No really, like this is motivation to join the force.. I can become a cop if I stop smoking for several months, or all together.. Yet I can still grow!? Awesome.
Not cool dude! I myself prefer weed grown by smokers not pigs! How is it "awesome" to not smoke and still pretend to befriend this community just because you could be a pig? Correct me if I misunderstood, please.
 

RedWhiteBlueGreen

Well-Known Member
Also, its a typical cunt thing to do arresting him after the end of his shift - they could've arrested him before it started so he got the day off work at least!
 
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