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Psilocybin Mushrooms

Sunday, December 9, 2012

'Shroom Room: Tosa Police Find Psilocybin Growing Operation

Vegan turned from growing legal, nutritional mushrooms to illicit kinds, with enough success to earn a maximum charge for manufacturing the drug.

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Jim Price
  • Sunday, December 9, 2012

A 23-year-old Wauwatosa man turned his expertise at culturing mushrooms for food into an illicit drug operation when he started growing and selling psychedelic varieties at his mother's home, according to police reports. Admir A. Karabegovic was arrested Tuesday and has since been charged with manufacturing psilocin/psilocybin mushrooms, two counts of delivery of same, and three counts of delivery of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. The manufacturing charge against Karabegovic is specified for a quantity of more than 500 grams and is the maximum for that drug, a Class E felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The delivery of mushrooms charges carry maximum 10-year penalities; the THC charges, three years and six months each…

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Wauwatosa Police Department and Chancery Pub and Restaurant

John doe

12:58 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012

that does suck and he is a good guy I hope the judge gives him some slack.   more ›

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Police Reports: Burglars, Thieves Work Hard for Next to Nothing

In a batch of break-ins and a spate of auto entries, criminals take some big risks for very small gains. Also in the news, Tosa East teens help police sting underage tobacco sellers.

  • POLICE & FIRE
  • Jim Price
  • Saturday, March 17, 2012

  A slew of auto entries in the wee hours of Wednesday morning in East Tosa netted a thief or thieves an almost worthless collection of property: a bandana, a baseball bat, some worthless checks and a little loose change. In all cases, the cars entered had been left unlocked, and no property damage was reported. In one case, though, a resident’s garage was entered to get to the auto. According to the reports: Also reported Wednesday morning, a burglar or burglars entered the Fairview Building, 10425 W. North Ave., overnight and proceeded to break in to three dentistry offices and the East West Bodywork Center. The doors of three of the offices had been pried open with a crowbar. The same method was tried and failed at the fourth office, so…

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East West Bodywork Center, Tosa Liquor, and Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare

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