A report disbelieved by virtually everyone who has heard it holds that the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, June 3 interrupted a marijuana cultivation operation being run out of a home in Apple Valley in which an astonishing 10,000 plants were growing.
According to those familiar with the situation, residents in the Apple Valley neighborhood that included a portion of the 13300 block of Tioga Road, the 27000 blocks of Eyota and the 13300 block of Iroquois noted last month a heavy aroma of unburnt marijuana. After the sheriff’s department, which serves as the contract police department in Apple Valley was alerted, the source of the smell was localized to the four-bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2,398 square foot single family residence that self-contains a three-car garage at 13350 Tioga Road.
Investigators connected seven individuals as being associated with the property, those being Gracie Grey, age unknown; 38-year-old Jeremy Elwell; 80-year-old Ali Moein; 37-year-old Bianca Evans; 71-year-old Bruce Evans; 69-year-old Francesca Evans; 33-year-old Jonathan Evans; 75-year-old Leonard J Megliola JR; 36-year-old Marissa M Robbins; and 37-year-old Shane Grey.
On the strength of an affidavit that relied upon information provided by nearby residents, referred to as “informants,” and sheriff’s detectives, a search warrant was issued.
According to the sheriff’s department, “On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, detectives from Apple Valley Police Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Marijuana Enforcement Team served a search warrant at a residence in the 13300 block of Tioga Road in the Town of Apple Valley. During the search warrant service, a large marijuana grow was located along with an operation for sales of marijuana. Large amounts of illegal marijuana were seized, to include over 10,000 plants, 286 illegal THC vapes, 716 grams of concentrated marijuana wax and 91 pounds of processed marijuana.
The sheriff’s department determined that the current residents of the home were Elwell and Robbins, who is married to Elwell and is also uses his last name.
According to the department, “Jeremy Ewell and Marissa Marie Ewell were arrested and booked into High Desert Detention Center for cultivation of marijuana for sales. Both subjects later posted bail and were released with a date to appear in court.“
Based on available information about the home at 13350 Tioga Road, which includes four bedrooms, a large living room, a study/den, a large two-car garage area and a smaller single-car garage area or what is equivalent to eight rooms, the cultivation effort entailed an average of 1,250 plants being grown in each room.
Authorities, in response to questions posed by the Sentinel, were unable to clarify whether any of the “more than 10,000 plants” were actually seedlings or sprouts, and, if so, how many.