Thieves Make Off With Vineyard’s Irrigation System

July 12, 2011 6:21 PM

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MODESTO (CBS13) — Thieves crushed a grape crop when they took off with the tools that help a local vineyard to grow.

Grape grower Frank Rashid was on track for a record-breaking year.

“See how beautiful?” said Rashid, gesturing toward his grapes.

But in an instant, thieves crippled all of his hard work.

“A lot of trouble for me, [and] the grapes; I can lose the crop, you know,” said Rashid.

Bad guys stole the grape irrigation system worth more than $10,000. And now, his petite syrah grapes are starting to shrivel away.

Rashid says someone walked on to the 14-acre family vineyard over the weekend and went straight for the pair of tanks.

Each tank has a pump.

“And we have here a flush controller,” said Rashid.

A valve and a motor, and that’s not all.

“These parts would hold the filter pressure pump, and they took it out,” said Rashid.

In his 12 years of growing grapes, Rashid has never been hit by thieves. He believes the criminals will cash in his equipment as scrap metal. He plans to install a fence — and even cameras — to protect his crop.

“It’s not just hurting me, it’s hurting the winery, everybody,” said Rashid.

With his livelihood and his business on the line, Rashid hopes to replace the irrigation system by the end of the week. If it’s not installed in time, he fears the crop will be completely destroyed in one week.

Thieves Make Off With Vineyards Irrigation System

jbak

shoot them
j gilligan

jbaks got it right..shoot em.Bullets are a lot cheaper than jail time,and the paper work is minimal.Fifty bucks says the irrigation equipment is going to the illegal mexican growers in your neighboring area for the green grow.Follow the emerald road..follow the emerald road..

steven

that’s EXACTLY where it went….. some grow-show up in the hills in Mendocino County

Scythianeedle

I’m leaving California. The government at every level is INSANE.

JustAGuy

Good decision. I left. One of the best decisions I ever made!
chadk

What in the world does this have anything to do with government overreach?
Sounds very much like the lawless old west to me. You should be happy for this.

Thanks for the non sequitur, mouthbreather w/ a keyboard.

Curmudgeon

It has everything to do with government letting an often criminal underclass get away with it, and importing more of them. Non sequitur indeed, you anal pirate.

Shooter

California has sent nothing but nut cases to Washington so those of us that have been victoms of the Pelosies just wish California good riddence. You have it comming and I’ll bet it speaks spanish.
Tangent To What

Dave’s sniper service. You call em, we fall em.

Big Bear

Sounds like my buddies Crazy Dave and Crazier Dave!
JustAGuy

Heh! Ronnie Barrett will gladly sell his wares to a California citizen, but refuse to sell his wares to any Calfornia government entity! LOL!!!!

chuck

welcome to hope and change. Obumma’s new America. he won’t be happy till we’re all out at midnight tearing down someones fence to try to stay warm. Like dr.Zavago
notasocialist

again.. let’s shoot them all.. round up the criminals and shoot them all
Tik Moo Ralles

Oh wow, no way man that is really messed up, seriously.
real-privacy.no.tc
gibble

When california is taken over by mexicants, i don’t want to hear those idiots out there begging for the rest of us to save them.

I would gladly give california and the entire population to mexico at this point. I could care less.
MrLogical

Time to take back America.

Let the revolution begin……

Big Bear

One person at a time, one incident at a time. Kill the criminal class and any lawyers who enable them. Seriously.

slobo

“Round ‘em up, shoot ‘em”…just BS talk…no one ever puts their actions where their mouth is!

Big Bear

Military coup!
Curmudgeon

We could try voting out the Commiecrats first, you know…..

Bob W

We fight among ourselves while the true criminals walk free and are rewarded with bonuses that we pay. Who destroyed our nation? Why aren’t they in prison? Maybe we should be looking a lot higher up the food chain.
heatherfeather

Too bad it wasn’t Nancy Puglosi’s winery. Of course, she would get a taxpayer bailout.
George

What a bunch of weak minded keyboard jockies. Get a life a get a clue.

urdrwho

George….what in the world are you trying to say about this matter?

urdrwho

Why is CA the number one State for such robberies?
Allness

As far as CA is concerned, I don’t see why this is even being considered a crime. These fine citizens are only entitled to his property and following the example of their elected leaders…take from those who have worked for something to take. It’s called spreading the wealth, right? Only difference here is that the CA Nanny State Officials did not get to his property first.
urdrwho

Look at it this way….if they are caught move south to SF. Then they can get a higher status -

“San Francisco’s Human Rights Commission Seeks To Designate Ex-Cons A Protected Class”

Curmudgeon

Commiecrats need to protect their voters.

LB

We, too, had our irrigation system ruined. They stole all of our brass valves so we can’t water our vines. We are going to put an armored cage over them when we replace the valves. They will have a hard time breaking into the cage that will be anchored into the ground.
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