Investigator Mike Ingram wrote in an affidavit he filed that when troopers arrived they saw a man and a woman apparently taking down a marijuana grow. Both had little pieces of marijuana sticking to them, he wrote. The man was drenched in sweat.
Those two people were identified by troopers as Jane C. Cain, 51, of Wasilla, and her son, Katsuhige C. Lewis, 29, of Palmer.
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Troopers say they searched the home and turned up several trash bags stuffed with marijuana that had recently be cut down. Ingram writes that the fact that the plants had been cut down presented something of a conundrum.
The bags weighed 94.54 pounds, but the weed was still wet. In theory, he said, investigators would probably consider the marijuana “processed” since it had been harvested. But when investigators find live plants, they usually cut the plants down, weigh them, and divide that weight by six. Applying that standard to the bags of weed yields an estimated processed weight of 15.75 pounds.
Cain and Lewis were both arrested and charged with multiple counts each of drug misconduct. Both were jailed at the Mat-Su Pre-Trial Facility on $30,000 bail. Jail records show both have made bail.
Woman hit at
Wasilla intersection
WASILLA — A pedestrian was hospitalized with minor injuries after she was hit by a car Monday.
According to a Wasilla Police Department press release, Jean Wolfe, 63, of Wasilla, was hit at the corner of Knik-Goose Bay Road and Parks Highway at about 7:30 a.m.
Police say Wolfe was taken to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center with injuries they descried as minor.
They identified the driver who hit Wolfe as William Prater, 39, of Wasilla.
Firefighters save
burning home
PALMER — In what officials have called a “good save,” firefighters were able to contain a blaze in a home off of Smith Road to the room it started in.
The call to respond to the home on Byers Circle came shortly after 4 p.m. Firefighters arriving on scene quickly learned that no one was inside the house.
Palmer Fire Chief John McNutt said the blaze started in a room in the rear of the home, near a hot tub. He said investigators haven’t decided on a source for the fire.
He said firefighters went into the house to put out the flames, but also attacked it from outside.
“The crews did an excellent job,” McNutt said. “They went around back because they couldn’t get to the room easily and they had to trudge through some pretty deep snow to get there but they did an outstanding job.”
The borough’s deputy director of emergency services, Clint Vardeman, said the fire was contained within about 20 minutes of firefighters arriving on scene.


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36 comment(s)Snowb. wrote on Feb 16, 2010 1:26 PM:
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P820 wrote on Feb 8, 2010 2:25 PM:
P820 "
Alcohol wrote on Feb 8, 2010 12:44 PM:
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Clean it up wrote on Feb 8, 2010 10:40 AM:
voice wrote on Feb 8, 2010 10:07 AM:
UNBELIEVEABLE wrote on Feb 6, 2010 4:55 PM:
Who wanted pot illegal wrote on Feb 6, 2010 10:41 AM:
Thomas J wrote on Feb 6, 2010 1:31 AM:
Katsu is a very good person and should not do any time. He has nothing to do with it, granted cops are not very smart but they will be able to figure that one out. And Jane has the right to medical weed which only recently expired. They should drop charges on her too. These are good people unlike Mr or Mrs. Go get em. "
NEW GUY wrote on Feb 5, 2010 3:56 PM:
MatSU wrote on Feb 5, 2010 8:01 AM:
Go get EM wrote on Feb 5, 2010 5:11 AM:
Thomas J wrote on Feb 4, 2010 9:19 PM:
What crime per tell was committed here? Was someone killed or beaten or robbed. Was there a kidnapping or sexual assault? Can they even prove that these are dealers? NO The only crime I see is that an untaxed HERB was grown. I couldn't ever fathom that as a crime. YOU are the crime... Your just a hypocrite go mind your own business and let the real people talk. "
Go Get EM wrote on Feb 4, 2010 6:42 PM:
Not a pot head wrote on Feb 4, 2010 2:12 PM:
Jeff wrote on Feb 4, 2010 2:10 PM:
As the Gangs shot cops in Anchorage and South American MS13 Members terrorize Anchorge , These Hero Troopers are busting Old Women and Kids for POT !!!!!!!!!! What a bunch of Losers (Over Paid Losers ) No less Losers . "
Police bust wrote on Feb 4, 2010 1:07 PM:
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John Law wrote on Feb 3, 2010 4:53 PM:
Terry wrote on Feb 3, 2010 4:42 PM:
Wasilla Sucks .............. "