AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE ARRESTS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA OPERATORS

Drug investigators have arrested a Thousand Oaks couple on suspicion
of operating an illegal marijuana delivery business and are seeking
child endangerment charges because food cooked with marijuana was
found in a refrigerator at the couple's home, authorities said today.

Investigators said Fabian Citraro, 32, and wife Amanda Citraro, 30,
are owners of Mary Jane's Bud in the 3500 block of Old Conejo Road in
Thousand Oaks. Their arrests last week capped a monthlong
investigation by the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.

According to its website, Mary Jane's is a medical marijuana
collective and delivery group serving all of Ventura County.

Investigators obtained search warrants for four locations associated
with the marijuana operation, authorities said. Two locations were in
a business complex in the 3400 block of Old Conejo Road, where
marijuana plants were being cultivated, authorities said.

Another location was in the 3500 block of Old Conejo Road, where a
central dispatch center took marijuana orders either by telephone or
over the Internet. The dispatcher at the center would fill the
requested orders, and multiple drivers would deliver the marijuana to
customers' doorsteps, officials said.

Investigators also served a search warrant at the couple's residence
on Teardrop Court in Thousand Oaks. Investigators said they found
marijuana "converted to food products" in the refrigerator there.
Small children, according to investigators, had easy access to this
marijuana, so investigators are pursuing child endangerment charges.

The couple are scheduled to appear July 6 in Ventura County Superior
Court.