Medical marijuana grow robbed in Colorado Springs, owners beaten
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marijuana plants.jpg Hope the thieves have a green thumb...
Marijuana is a lot easier to steal once it's been cultivated and
packaged. So perhaps it's an indication of how good the security
systems are at Colorado Springs dispensaries that early this
morning, three goons invaded a home in the city's Sand Creek
subdivision and stole an unknown number of marijuana plants --
menacing and assaulting the residents in the process.  Sgt.
Steve Noblitt, public information officer for the Colorado
Springs Police Department, confirms that the owners had a
medical marijuana growers permit -- so, to his knowledge, the
operation was on the up and up. However, he suspects that the
crime site wasn't chosen at random.  "Most home invasions aren't
random crimes, so these people were probably targeted," he
notes, adding, "The residents were threatened, beaten up -- and
one of them was even shocked wi