Full Notification

 
DATE/TIME: May 20, 2021, at 8:00 a.m.
 
INCIDENT: Outdoor Marijuana Cultivations
 
LOCATION: #1 - 86200 block of 29 Palms Highway
                       #2 - Monte Vista Drive and Waylyn
                       #3 - 25500 block of El Encanto
                       #4 - Taco Road and Mojave
                       #5 - Bullion Mountain and Mesa Road
 
 
SUSPECT(S): Dimas Santoyo Alonso, 42-year-old male resident of Santa Maria, CA, Location #1
                        Jorge Luis Teyes Cruz, 24-year-old male resident of Oxnard, CA,  Location #1
                        Josue Neftali Reyes Cruz, 22-year-old male resident of Oxnard, CA,  Location #1
                        Jose Cruz Reyes, 45-year-old male resident of Mexico, Location #1
                        Kenny Wu, 55-year-old male resident of 29 Palms, CA,  Location #3
                        Jesus Sierra Pineda, 32-year-old male resident of Mexico,  Location #5
                       
 
SUMMARY:
On Thursday, May 20, 2021, starting at 8:00 a.m., investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department - Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET), along with other sheriff department personnel, and a member of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, served five search warrants at various locations in the Twentynine Palms area.  MET personnel had received numerous complaints about large outdoor marijuana cultivations in the 29 Palms area.  MET personnel located and arrested six suspects.  Investigators seized 3,901 marijuana plants and 652 pounds of processed marijuana. 
 
The investigation revealed the cannabis cultivations were not in compliance with California's Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) and San Bernardino County's ordinance prohibiting Commercial Cannabis Activity.  San Bernardino County has an ordinance prohibiting Commercial Cannabis Activity, which includes growing marijuana plants outdoors. 
 
The Sheriff's Department will continue to enforce California's cannabis laws and San Bernardino County's cannabis cultivation and distribution ordinance.  Persons found guilty of violating the state law and county ordinance are subject to fines, prosecution, and seizure of property. 
 
Property owners who are growing marijuana or are aware their tenants are growing marijuana on their properties violate the state law, and local ordinances may also be subject to civil or criminal sanctions.  Property owners are encouraged to contact their local law enforcement or code compliance agency to confirm if cultivating cannabis is prohibited or allowed under specific regulations.
 
The suspects were cited on charges of Cultivation of Cannabis; over six plants.
 
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is urged to contact the Sheriff's Gangs/Narcotics Division at (909)387-8400 or [email protected]. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may call the We-tip Hotline at 1-800-78-CRIME (27463), or you may leave the information on the We-Tip Hotline at www.wetip.com.
 
 
Refer:                   Sheriff's Public Affairs
 
Station:                Gangs/Narcotics Division
 
Phone No.            (909)387-3700
 
Case No.              DR # 652100289
                             DR # 652100290
                             DR # 652100291
                             DR # 652100292
                             DR # 652100293
 
 
JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department