TBO Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 A bulldozer is seen July 9, 2018, on Pennsylvania State Game Lands No. 280 in Berks County, after a state Game Commission bulldozer operator stumbled upon a marijuana grow operation there, according to state police. Authorities arrested one man, and a second man was found dead under a bulldozer after eluding police. Man found dead under bulldozer at public lands pot bust One Berks County man is dead and another faces felony drug charges after a Pennsylvania Game Commission bulldozer operator apparently stumbled upon a marijuana plot. Gregory A. Longenecker, 51, of Reading, was found dead under the rear of the bulldozer after the operator called police about a suspicious vehicle at State Game Lands No. 280 in Penn Township, Berks County, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The second man, 54-year-old David Brook Light, of Sinking Spring, was taken into custody by local police at the incident that unfolded beginning about 10 a.m. Monday. Light and Longenecker were best friends, said Light's wife, Beverly Light. She said her husband was there to pick up Longenecker in her car but that David Light is innocent of allegations he was the one growing marijuana. "He's an innocent man," Beverly Light said. Court records, however, say David Light admitted to police he was there to prune the marijuana plants, WFMZ-TV 69 reports. Light himself did not immediately return a message seeking comment Tuesday. The Game Commission worker was using the bulldozer to improve access to fields at the game lands near Snyder School and South Garfield roads, said Travis Lau, spokesman for the agency. The work was unrelated to any investigation into the marijuana plot. "There are some existing lanes there that are being widened," Lau said. "It's part of regular access improvements that we perform on game lands all over the state to make things better for hunters and trappers that use them." The worker saw the car well off the road in a field on the game lands and called police. Officers from nearby Bernville Borough were the first to respond, according to state police. Investigators would later find a plot with 10 marijuana plants growing, police said. "I feel confident to say that he stumbled upon that," Trooper David Beohm told lehighvalleylive.com, referring to the bulldozer operator. Police observed two men emerge from the underbrush and both ran off, state police said. "They were back there doing whatever they have to do to their plants," Beohm, a state police spokesman, told lehighvalleylive.com. "It was kind of carved out of the underbrush, which I've never seen underbrush that thick ever. It was crazy how thick it was." One of the men, identified as Light, was taken into custody by the Bernville chief of police, Beohm said in a news release. The second man, Longenecker, eluded capture. Pennsylvania State Police and the Game Commission responded by about 11 a.m., and a state police helicopter spotted Longenecker in the underbrush, police said. "An attempt to hail the other male was unsuccessful," Beohm said in a news release. "The helicopter lost site of the male and was giving directions to the bulldozer of his last location. "The Game Commission employee and a Trooper were on the bulldozer driving through the thick underbrush. The bulldozer stopped in the underbrush. The second male was located under the rear of the bulldozer deceased." Police labeled the death accidental. An autopsy was being done Tuesday afternoon to try to determine how Longenecker died, according to the Berks County Coroner's Office. Light was arraigned Monday night on felony counts of drug possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy to possess drugs with intent to deliver, in addition to lesser charges of drug possession, possession of a small amount of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal trespass. He was released on $25,000 unsecured bail with a preliminary hearing tentatively scheduled July 18 in district court. State authorities were assisted Monday by the Mount Pleasant and Bernville fire companies, Western Berks EMS and Lower Heidelberg Township police, in addition to Bernville police. link Police identify man found dead underneath bulldozer http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/coroners-office-responds-to-bulldozer-accident-in-berks-county 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exit Plan Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 So they were chasing the guy with a bulldozer and ran him over? That doesn't sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricB Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 The original was the best. Crazy. Ingenious. The best use of anger against good old boys network I have seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBO Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 16 minutes ago, Exit Plan said: So they were chasing the guy with a bulldozer and ran him over? That doesn't sound good. Looking for him, not chasing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 58 minutes ago, TBO said: Looking for him, not chasing him. Got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 He must have been really stoned to be unable to get away from a dozer. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 1 hour ago, TBO said: Looking for him, not chasing him. Making notes for future "needs". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 PS: reminds me of this guy who armored his dozer in his shop and went on a little stroll... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 5 hours ago, TBO said: An autopsy was being done Tuesday afternoon to try to determine how Longenecker died Being run over by a bulldozer isn't a valid way to die, they have to cut him apart to make sure? Yeah, I know, they want to see if he was on any drugs or had a heart attack, or whatever. Does it really matter how he died at this point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBO Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 4 minutes ago, Cougar_ml said: Being run over by a bulldozer isn't a valid way to die, they have to cut him apart to make sure? Yeah, I know, they want to see if he was on any drugs or had a heart attack, or whatever. Does it really matter how he died at this point? An autopsy is pretty standard for an unwitnessed death with no known major heath concerns or advanced age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyzz Kydd Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Cleanup on aisle 420! Edited August 20, 2018 by Wyzz Kydd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G26S239 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I feel bad for the bulldozer operator but being run over by it is kinda funny. 51 and 54 best friends. Sounds like they have been smoking weed together since the 80s before it all went tits up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KY_Moose Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Moment of silence for Marvin, the original Killdozer.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 14 hours ago, TBO said: An autopsy is pretty standard for an unwitnessed death with no known major heath concerns or advanced age. The dozer tracks on his smashed carcass don't mean anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 14 hours ago, TBO said: An autopsy is pretty standard for an unwitnessed death with no known major heath concerns or advanced age. Except when you're Justice Scalia. In that case it's "Get him to the furnace, stat." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 8 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: Except when you're Justice Scalia. In that case it's "Get him to the furnace, stat." Yeah. I'm not into conspiracies, but that was too weird. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Dozer tracks up his back! Heck of a way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Hallbert Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Yeah. I'm not into conspiracies, but that was too weird.Me too! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATCHMAN Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 The marijuana grower's death by bulldozer must have been a crushing loss to the family. Hopefully in his final seconds he was comfortably numb enough to only think "oh, it's just a yellow caterpillar." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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