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Welcome Home Heroes Honors
Grow House
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Purple Heart Recipient
entire floor. The Sheriff’s Office was then called. When deputies arrived on scene and
walked through the house, they could smell the odor of marijuana throughout the home.
Army Specialist Kevin Garcia returned home for a visit after his second tour in Iraq
They called in detectives of the Tactical Impact Unit and a search warrant was executed on
with injuries received from a roadside bomb that hit and injured his entire crew. The wel-
Friday evening.
come Home Heroes Organization and VFW Post 4337 held a wing dinner at the post for him
In total, about 64 marijuana plants were discovered ranging from 4 to 5 feet tall.
during his visit before he returned to Fort Hood Texas for continuing medical care, possible
They were held up by an elaborate network of strings; fans and special lighting were found
further surgery to his right arm and shoulder and rehabilitation. Kevin is a graduate of the
throughout the garage. The operator of the grow was utilizing a technique commonly found
2006 class of Citrus High School and he joined the Army after graduation.
in grow houses in which the electric meter is bypassed to power the operation, essentially
Members of six Veteran’s organizations joined Barbara Mills for the welcome
stealing power from the utility company.
home festivities and thanked him for his service. Thus far Barbara has welcomed home 72
The find resulted in detectives processing about 64 plants that had a potential yield
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returnees from Iraq and Afghanistan with baskets that she has put together thru donations
of 1 to 2 lbs of hydroponic marijuana per plant. The potential estimated worth of the plants
from the community, veteran’s organizations and the business community. Kevin received
after another month of growth would be around $250,000.
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his basket on his first return home at Christmas two years ago when the program was just
The resident of the home, Leonides Gomez, 44, of above address, is currently in
getting started. He returned for his second tour after that visit.
the Marion County Jail on a D.U.I. charge. Detectives will be acquiring a warrant for his
Kevin received his Purple Heart on his return to Fort Hood and has been enlisted in
arrest for cultivation of marijuana, theft of electricity, possession of drug paraphernalia and
the Military Order of the Purple Heart by Commander Ray Michael in Citrus County. The
possibly other charges.
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VFW and DAV also took applications for their organizations at the dinner.
would get in trouble if she told. The information was gleaned during interviews with the
victim, the victim’s mother and the adult witness.The teenager was arrested and admitted to
touching the girl inappropriately. She was transported to the Citrus County Detention Facil-
ity then transferred to the Juvenile Detention Center in Ocala.
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