Well-known California outdoor writer Tom Stienstra apparently loves the outdoors so much, he decided to bring a little of the leafy green indoors, though his choice of flora leaves a little to be desired.
Last week, he was busted for marijuana possession at his Weed home (the Underground is trying very hard – very hard – not to comment on the irony of that one) for what Siskiyou County sheriffs are calling a “sophisticated cultivation operation.”
Ooops.
Popular outdoor writer arrested in Weed » Redding Record Searchlight
Popular outdoor writer and author Tom Stienstra has been arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana for sale, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office.
Stienstra, 55, was arrested March 25 after sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant at his home in Weed and found a “sophisticated cultivation operation” in his barn, sheriff’s office spokeswoman Susan Gravenkamp said in an e-mail.
Deputies allegedly found 31 immature marijuana plants, 29 mature marijuana plants and 11 pounds of processed marijuana, Gravenkamp said.
Much of the processed marijuana was packaged, Gravenkamp said. Deputies also found scales, packaging material and other paraphernalia at Stienstra’s barn and inside his home, she said.
Stienstra is an outdoor writer for the San Francisco Chronicle and syndicated newspaper columnist. He is also an author of numerous books on hiking, camping and the outdoors. He has a weekly television show on KBCW/KMAX in Sacramento and a weekly radio program on KCBS in San Francisco. Read more →
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