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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Marijuana Farmer Killed by His Own Booby Trap

Illegal farm in upstate New York

By: Daniel D. Snyder

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An upstate New York marijuana grower was killed Saturday when he fell prey to one of his own booby traps.

Daniel Ricketts was believed to be drunk when he drove his quad bike into a barely-visible piano wire that he had strung up around his marijuana crops in Albany County. The 50-year-old was thrown from the bike, his head almost entirely separated from his body.

Hikers spotted the body and alerted the authorities. Ricketts was pronounced dead on the scene. Officials on site also uncovered extensive barbwire and a leg trap, presumably for meant for coyotes. Ricketts was pronounced dead on the scene.

According to Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple, growers are not uncommon in the rural area. “They go up there and they'll grow marijuana on a lot of the state lands. Fortunately hikers, people out and about, neighbors will call us and they'll tell us,” he told CBS 6.

Officers removed the plants from the property and are "continuing the investigation."

Read about California's Mendocino County, where paramilitary task forces battle armed and deadly pot growers from Mexico

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RicoTan

RicoTan 5 pts

I don't smoke nor drink, but I have sympathy for him, what a gruesome way to die ..

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aapfg83 8 pts

how many times can a person be pronounced dead on the scene?

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DanielAndrews

DanielAndrews 5 pts

Actually, that is "hoisted ON his own petard"

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marcus816

marcus816 5 pts

That is, of course assuming it was his crop and booby-trap as reported. If not I sincerely apologize.

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marcus816

marcus816 5 pts

I hate to say it but he got what he deserved. He was willing to take someone else's life to protect his cash crop and he paid the ultimate price. Just for filthy lucre.

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marissajoy

marissajoy 5 pts

Please proof read...

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Jack Slap

Jack Slap 8 pts

One for a top Darwin Award

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Karen F. Johnson

Karen F. Johnson

"This is your brain......this is your brain on drugs"!

Mike Vigil

Mike Vigil

Was he stoned, dumbass!

Cathy Babcock

Cathy Babcock

#naturalselection

Kathleen Bison Hall

Kathleen Bison Hall

Sounds like a nominee for the Darwin Awards!

Nick LeFort

Nick LeFort

Shouldn't smoke what you need to sell, son......

Chad Gardner

Chad Gardner

Can't fix stupid....

Kristina Phipps

Kristina Phipps

Stupid is as stupid does

Douglas DeNicola

Douglas DeNicola

He clearly lost his mind

Ellie Mahoney

Ellie Mahoney

gross

Leslie Stockdale

Leslie Stockdale

sometimes to much..IS to much...

Robert DeFerrante

Robert DeFerrante

Darwinism

Suz Clarkee

Suz Clarkee

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, say no to drugs idiots

Richard Finetto

Richard Finetto

alcohol and stupid people do not mix. he deserves it for setting traps!

Jacob Kelly

Jacob Kelly

Real men of genius

Jessica Binns

Jessica Binns

Cue Chicago: "He had it coming."

Edwin Madera

Edwin Madera

poor dumb fuck\

Glenn Alan Meyer

Glenn Alan Meyer

Too bad no GoPro.

Jon Hillenbrand

Jon Hillenbrand

Who inherited the piano?

Andrew Deming

Andrew Deming

My regards to those who had to clean up.

Lydia Brizicky Withrow

Lydia Brizicky Withrow

This guy should be a Darwin Award winner, posthumously , of course!

Darrin Mcneice

Darrin Mcneice

ha ha!

Marion Groth

Marion Groth

quad plus bike. mutually exclusive.

Ima Gamer

Ima Gamer

Darwin recipient!

Tommer Berg

Tommer Berg

I'd be cool with this retarded shit if he lived and just got embarrassed! That would be okay with me.

MP Crosson

MP Crosson

Good! He was sabotaging the local ecology by raising marijuana illegally. The more of these boneheads that are killed, the better.

Peter Breyfogle

Peter Breyfogle

Should have smoked more and drank less.

River Cat

River Cat

Darwin at work!

Jons Chao

Jons Chao

Agreed... this is "Natural Selection" at its best

Jack Albano

Jack Albano

awesome

Chip Groff

Chip Groff

They were right, smoking is bad for you.

Penelope L. Penderhausen

Penelope L. Penderhausen

This one will be a top 10 Darwin Award for 2013

Allan Bautista

Allan Bautista

Looks like he hit the wrong note

Cecile Charles

Cecile Charles

The fool was fooled and his blood pooled. I know, it's a really bad poem.

Bruce A Gordon

Bruce A Gordon

On top of it all, he led investigators right to his farming operation! Epic fail!

Chito Nakar

Chito Nakar

'Hoisted by his own petard.' How about that? After all these years, I was able to use my English Lit. learnin'. :)

Wesley Morris

Wesley Morris

alcohol kills, not pot! lol

Mandril Papayas

Mandril Papayas

Natural selection.

Kathleen Dias

Kathleen Dias

If you set a trap for others, you will get caught in it yourself. If you roll a boulder down on others, it will crush you instead. Prov 26:27

Jennifer DeShon

Jennifer DeShon

Nice! Karma doesn't usually work that quickly!

Jared Meadors

Jared Meadors

there aren't any laws against being stupid

Vivi Vivichka

Vivi Vivichka

OUCH

Blake Wild

Blake Wild

sooooo, dont drink and drive?\

Tracy Ramsey

Tracy Ramsey

Hell, in some places in California State and National Parks, you have to be on guard against shotgun traps and land mines when hiking out in the remote back country areas.

Scott Deyo

Scott Deyo

Note he was drunk, not high.

Lori Ann Christina

Lori Ann Christina

This happened in my area!!

Gordon Nelson

Gordon Nelson

Chris Laursen

Jacki Tierney

Jacki Tierney

WTH...serious, maybe someone should get off steroids!

Matthew Baker

Matthew Baker

Numpty

Joseph W Hlebica

Joseph W Hlebica

If only this happened much much more often to the pot farmers who are despoiling our wildlands.

Mary Engel

Mary Engel

More proof that you shouldn't get drunk. He should've mellowed out with his product and stayed home.

Antonio Zuni

Antonio Zuni

Darwin award.

Kate McCardell Morris

Kate McCardell Morris

None of you have ever done anything really dumb? Just be thankful you're alive to pretend that you didn't!

Mary Rosner

Mary Rosner

Drinking will get you every time!

Dan Oko

Dan Oko

They call it dope for a reason.

Shawn McGuirt

Shawn McGuirt

You can't fix stupid!

Shannon Sutherland

Shannon Sutherland

How apropos!

Matt Coen

Matt Coen

We've all been there...

Madison Ambrose Hall

Madison Ambrose Hall

I probably shouldn't have laughed. XD

Chris Echelmeier

Chris Echelmeier

Darwin Award!

Tai Subia

Tai Subia

Darwin Award nominee?

Lenny Bautista

Lenny Bautista

Don't get HIGH on your own supply !

Mike Pope

Mike Pope

Good! Better him than some innocent person

James Smith

James Smith

That's no way to get ahead in life.

Dena Kelley

Dena Kelley

Well, it apparently is what he planned for other people, so I guess it's karma, right?

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Submitted on 09/06/2013

Submitted by: Darren Brimhall
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