coming up, johnny casali's story takes a dramatic turn.e up at 6:00 in the morning, 30 federal agents showed up at my door, guns to my head. whoa. ♪ lemonis: i didn't know what to expect when i got to humboldt county, but it definitely wasn't the story like johnny casali's. johnny is a marijuana farmer, easy going and soft spoken. he was raised on this land, and it's the place where his life would change forever. one morning i woke up at 6:00 in the morning to 30 federal agents showed up at my door. whoa. guns to my head. they searched my property. they searched the house. it was 1992. johnny and his best friend were caught growing 1,500 marijuana plants. [ helicopter blades whirring ] at that time, there was a lot of eradication going on in humboldt, and they were trying to make an example out of us. and you stopped. all the plants went away. oh, we stopped because you had a gun at your head. he was charged with eight federal counts, including conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. we told the judge, "hey, look, we're guilty.