Illegal Marijuana, Violent Crimes Take Over Northern California County: Siskiyou Sheriff

There are roughly 5,000 greenhouses illegally cultivating marijuana in Siskiyou County, Calif., according to the county's Sheriff's Department. Courtesy of the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department

Illegal marijuana growers and violent crimes are taking over the small county of Siskiyou in the northernmost part of California—according to the county’s sheriff, Jeremiah LaRue.

With a population of about 44,000, the county is “inundated with illegal marijuana growers,” LaRue said on a recent episode of EpochTV’s “California Insider.”