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11/19/2014 Medical marijuana murder target:Legal retailers face dangers www.kirotv.com <br /> Follow us on <br /> • <br /> • <br /> Wednesday,Nov.19,2014 111:23 a.m. <br /> Sign In I Register 1 tue v• <br /> Seattle 49' <br /> Bellevue 49° <br /> Tacoma 43° <br /> Alert <br /> Severe Weather» <br /> Radar I Ext Forecast <br /> Posted:5:29 p.m.Monday,Nov.10,2014 <br /> Medical marijuana murder target: Legal retailers face dangers <br /> Related <br /> By Graham Johnson <br /> When the killers came to his lakefront home on a winter night,Michael Perkins says they got the wrong man. <br /> "They were after me,"he said. <br /> Instead,Perkins'best friend and roommate,Ryan Prince,was killed. <br /> Court papers say after a struggle,Prince was shot in his basement bedroom four times with at least two types of guns. <br /> The Feb.17,2014,murder at Lake Desire near Renton exposes a larger crime threat <br /> Pert<w 'rs iri he marijuana business,and says he was targeted for a robbery because he owns The Solution,a successful medical marijuana business. <br /> The implementation of Initiative 502 has since allowed Perkins to expand into the recreational marijuana business with a store in North Seattle called"Mary's." <br /> But he remains worried about an ongoing security threat to his emerging industry. <br /> Marijuana is illegal under federal law,and the feds regulate the banks. <br /> That makes banks reluctant to work with legitimate business owners like Perkins,and forces many in the marijuana business to deal only in cash. <br /> "Employees,taxes,rent,the majority of this has to be done in cash,"Perkins said. <br />