One man arrested after State Police investigate "psychedelic mushroom" operation
Submitted photo of Michael Schecter from State Police YORKVILLE, N.Y. (WKTV) - State Police are further investigating what they're calling a psychedelic mushroom growing operation in Yorkville. Multimedia The discovery came when officers with the Oneida County Probation Department went to deliver a warrant at 1004 Champlin Avenue Tuesday night. They say they found several jars containing an unknown chemical, and immediately evacuated everyone who lived in the building. They also ordered evacuations at several other homes surrounding it. Police say the chemicals found appeared to be used to grow drugs. The situation was deemed under control at around 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, and residents were allowed back into their homes. UPDATE (August 27, 2008; 11:42 a.m.): According to New York State Police, they had found the location after arresting Michael Schecter, 33, for a probation violation. The New York State Police Contaminated Crime Scene Emergency Response Team (CCSERT) and the New York State Police Community Narcotics Enforcement Team (CNET) responded to investigate and process the scene. Chemists secured numerous mason jars, and petri dishes containing possible mushroom spores, and unknown chemicals.
The following comments do not necessarily represent the views of NBC-WKTV News Channel 2. Users have agreed to these terms and in doing so accept full responsibility for their comments. Moderation is limited. Thursday, Aug 28 at 4:12 PM Concerned wrote ...What is wrong with ALL of you? You write your comments as if this is some kind of joke. Flag for moderationThursday, Aug 28 at 2:30 PM Shroomtalk.com wrote ...There are no harmfull chems used in shroom growing,,the liquid was without a doubt only LC,,Liquid culture which is water left over from boiling potatoes and innoculated with spores wich are then transferred to a substrate usually consisting of straw/dung or wood chips..Harmless.Imo we might be better off if the townships concentrated on the meth labs and crack heads and heroin dealers of cny..Not to say this guy didnt have other issues that he may have deserved being arrested for. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 7:23 PM DRUGS wrote ...ARE COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU!!!!!!!!!! IM PROUD OF THE POLICE TO COME ACROSS THIS. THEY ALSO NEED TO CHECK SOME OF THE CORN FIELDS AROUND HERE, GOTTA BE POT GROWING IN SOME OF THEM Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 5:11 PM White Rabbit wrote ...Best thing for growing psilocybin is cow flops. No B.S. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 4:30 PM to mary wrote ...They gave his name and super size picture. Happy now? Maybe not because now he won't be able to sell in the hood. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 3:49 PM Wow wrote ...The DA will show him! Yea right just like his PO did! How long was this going on before someone woke up????? Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 3:35 PM The black hole wrote ...Yorkville has been a hole for sometime now. OD should check the NY Mills, Whitesboro Whitestown and Yorkville police books like they do Utica and New Hartford. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 2:58 PM Peoples BVD Buddy! wrote ...Yes it is so sad everyone isnt as smart as people! It is jusr soo proud of it's GED! Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 2:55 PM great wrote ...now where will i get my pizza toppings? Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 2:38 PM KID wrote ...DAD IS THIS WHERE U BEEN ALL DAY LOCKED UP. I GUESS WE WON'T BE EATTING MUSHROOM ON OUR PIZZA TONIGHT DAD. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 2:15 PM That explains why wrote ...I seen Elvis on Columbia street yesterday. I ate pizza in Yorkville for lunch (with extra mushrooms) Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 1:10 PM Mr Natural wrote ...Why dont you drug test the employees who post these"news"blogs???? Oh wait then you might have to hire people who are educated! Sorry! Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 1:06 PM mycologist again wrote ...now the OD says the chemical was ether he was using to make LSD from mushrooms?! its 2 different substances altogether. check wikipedia. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 12:53 PM A.Jacoff wrote ...Wow a "drug Den" found in upstate NY Wow Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 12:48 PM Anonymous wrote ...they sould have locked him up when he was going balistic outside on his girlfriend. And then he tried to get his dog out of his car so it could protect him from the police. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED! Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 12:28 PM MARY wrote ...WHAT ARE THE NAMES. THESE MUST BE WHITE PEOPLE IS THAT WHY THEY WON'T GIVE OUT NAMES. IF IT WAS THE HOOD THEY WOOD Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 12:00 PM CDH wrote ...I'd like to lend my assistance to the police in disposing of those nasty shrooms. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 11:39 AM To Great wrote ...Yorkville has been a hole for sometime now. The OD should FOIL the police blotter like they do the other departments. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 11:32 AM so funny wrote ...he meant residents.....as in people, not residence....as in buildings.....but i guess the 1st grade reading level doesn't teach the difference between the two meanings..... Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 11:28 AM iremember wrote ...this reminds me when the Ilion cops busted that Baker kid for having crack rocks lying around all over his apartment- they turned out to be herkimer diamonds! - then they had to make themselves look good and charged him with having a bomb- which was just gunpowder in an opened co2 container he used to load his musket rifle! (and they charged him with felony pistol possesion I know-(it wasn't his) and a very small amount of pot) Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 11:09 AM jesse wrote ...huh....????? ?This article leaves one completely bamboozled. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 10:40 AM spelling wrote ...Residents is correct--ie: as the occupants were allowed to go back--residence is the structure. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 10:24 AM people wrote ...i wish people who were actually smart posted comments on this site. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 10:20 AM messiestone wrote ...JMcB...Residents was spelled corretly...RESIDENTS refers to the people who live in the building...RESIDENCE refers to the property Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 10:16 AM mycologist wrote ...You don't need or want chemicals to grow mushrooms, psychedelic or not. It's laughable that they are trying to make this look like a dangerous contamination scene or a fire risk. Do some research! Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 10:11 AM anonymous wrote ...Hey JMcB....you had better go back to school yourself before throwing stones, residents is spelled correctly (the author was talking about the people that live there), where as residence is the building in which someone resides....open mouth, insert foot... Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 9:01 AM so wrote ...so who is it? why didn't they give out the names huh??? Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 8:47 AM DLB wrote ...Thats good, clean all the junkies out !! Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 8:43 AM Drugs wrote ...All this time I've been buying drugs when I could've been growing them myself! Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 8:23 AM JMcB wrote ...It's sad when a supposed professional files a story and cannot spell residence correctly.You don't use commas in addresses either, Pat. Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 7:41 AM anonymous wrote ...are they saying it's a meth lab in yorkville? Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 7:27 AM Hmmmmmmmmmmm. wrote ...Grow drugs? Like miracle grow? is that what they found? Or maybe Mr Hankey knows? Was it Hard Gas? Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 5:58 AM great wrote ...Look yorkville you finnaly made it your little village is not the greatest eitjer thanks for finally joining the ellite group Flag for moderationWednesday, Aug 27 at 12:02 AM SKH wrote ...What hazardous chemicals are used to "grow" drugs? Maybe you to manufacture drugs? Flag for moderationAdd a commentMost Popular
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