Pot buy turns violent | Napa Valley Register

Home » News » Local

Pot buy turns violent

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Comment

By MARSHA DORGAN
Register Staff Writer

Two men ended up behind bars after a marijuana buy went sour.

Four males, ages 17-20, went to a residence on Alta Loma Drive to purchase $20 worth of pot, according to American Canyon Police Sgt. Craig Nickles.

They were told they would have to go to another home in American Canyon to get the marijuana, Nickles said.

When they arrived at the house, Robert Warren Rush took the $20 and went into the house where Kristofer Niezgoda was staying.

When Rush didn’t return with the pot, the four males confronted Rush and Niezgoda. Rush began punching and kicking the four males, Nickles said. The victims suffered injuries, including a broken nose and eye socket, he said.

The victims notified police, who arrested Niezgoda and Rush.

Rush, 20, was arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.

Niezgoda, 19, was arrested on suspicion of robbery and conspiracy.

1 comment(s)

Sandra wrote on Mar 6, 2007 7:05 PM:

" And what of the idiots trying to buy the pot???? I guess the beating was enough? Seem to me you deal with criminals and you get what you deserve.... "

Join the conversation

*Member ID:
*Password:
Remember login? (requires cookies)
	Forgot Your Password?

Create an account

Comment Guidelines

The goal of the story comments section at NapaValleyRegister.com is to have an open, thought-provoking, civil community forum for all issues.

What gets your comment posted?

• Staying on topic

• Keeping your comment to 300 words or less

• Avoiding name-calling

• Addressing your comments to the message rather than the messenger

What gets your comment deleted?

• Personal attacks

• Derogatory remarks

• Name-calling of any sort

• Going off-topic

• Hate speech

• Racially-insensitive comments

• Implying guilt of a subject in a crime story before there is a court verdict

• Posting e-mail addresses

• Posting comments of a commercial nature

• POSTING WITH ALL CAPITAL LETTERS

• Linking multiple comments together with "to be continued..." to get around the 300 word limit.

The fine print

- Comments are either approved or denied. We do not edit comments.

- You are welcome to modify and resubmit a denied comment.

- Comments may take several hours to be posted.

- Comments posted are those of the writer, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of NapaValleyRegister.com, its employees or its parent company.

- Do you have information on a story? Please go to our virtual newsroom to send us a news tip.

- If you feel a posted comment has violated our guidelines, please contact online@napanews.com or add a comment indicating you have an issue and our moderators will review the comment in question.

Search: