S. Tahoe man accused of burglarizing pot club

A South Lake Tahoe man was arrested late Aug. 8 on suspicion of burglary at Patient2Patient marijuana collective.

The troubled dispensary on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe must close its doors by Aug. 20 because of a slew of violations. Until then the business is open and people want to get their pot without paying for it.

Leslie Decker

An alarm alerted police officers to a disturbance at the collective at 11:30pm Wednesday.

Officers said they witnessed Leslie Decker, 24, crawling out the bottom of a broken glass door. Inside this broken glass door was a cement cinder block, which appeared to have been used to break the glass, police said.

Decker’s bicycle was lying on the ground on the east side of the building. Officers said he had several tools with him, including a socket wrench, sockets, a box cutter and screwdrivers.

The dispensary was also burglarized in July.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report