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A Mount Holly man charged with growing more than two dozen marijuana plants has received a suspended jail sentence and fine.
Gary S. Elliott, 50, pleaded guilty Monday in Rutland District Court to a felony charge of marijuana cultivation. He was sentenced to two to four years in jail, all suspended on probation. In addition, he was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $179 in state surcharges.
Elliott must submit to a drug screening and take part in counseling and rehabilitation if his probation officer deems it necessary, according to court records.
The charge against Stevens stems from an investigation by Vermont State Police in September.
Police said they seized 28 marijuana plant from Elliott's property in Mount Holly. Police estimate the plants could have been worth as much as $56,000.
A fully grown marijuana plant is worth between $1,500 and $2,000, police said; the plants they seized from Elliott's property were not fully mature, so their precise value is difficult to determine.
A police informant told Ludlow Police about a marijuana growing operation in Mount Holly, according to a police affidavit. Ludlow Police relayed the tip to State Police in Rutland, the affidavit stated.
The affidavit said that when state police went to Elliott's home to ask about the plants, "He openly admitted the plants he was growing were personal use and he hadn't sold any marijuana."
Police said Elliott led them to the plants, which had been recently moved to a small building on a trail from his residence. The plants were kept in buckets in the building.
Police took photographs of the plants, seized the tops as evidence and sent the plant tops to the state police laboratory in Waterbury.
Elliott and two state troopers burned the rest of the plants in a burn pile near the small building.
Police said that while the marijuana seizure in Mount Holly is among largest this year in Rutland County, there has been at least one bigger.
Earlier this year a Killington man was arrested after authorities found 40 marijuana plants growing in his apartment. That case is pending in Rutland District Court.
Newshawk: User - 420 Magazine
Source: Rutland Herald (Vermont)
Pubdate: 18 November 2006
Author: Alan J. Keays
Copyright: 2006 Rutland Herald
Contact: alan.keays@rutlandherald.com
Website: Article Here
Gary S. Elliott, 50, pleaded guilty Monday in Rutland District Court to a felony charge of marijuana cultivation. He was sentenced to two to four years in jail, all suspended on probation. In addition, he was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine and $179 in state surcharges.
Elliott must submit to a drug screening and take part in counseling and rehabilitation if his probation officer deems it necessary, according to court records.
The charge against Stevens stems from an investigation by Vermont State Police in September.
Police said they seized 28 marijuana plant from Elliott's property in Mount Holly. Police estimate the plants could have been worth as much as $56,000.
A fully grown marijuana plant is worth between $1,500 and $2,000, police said; the plants they seized from Elliott's property were not fully mature, so their precise value is difficult to determine.
A police informant told Ludlow Police about a marijuana growing operation in Mount Holly, according to a police affidavit. Ludlow Police relayed the tip to State Police in Rutland, the affidavit stated.
The affidavit said that when state police went to Elliott's home to ask about the plants, "He openly admitted the plants he was growing were personal use and he hadn't sold any marijuana."
Police said Elliott led them to the plants, which had been recently moved to a small building on a trail from his residence. The plants were kept in buckets in the building.
Police took photographs of the plants, seized the tops as evidence and sent the plant tops to the state police laboratory in Waterbury.
Elliott and two state troopers burned the rest of the plants in a burn pile near the small building.
Police said that while the marijuana seizure in Mount Holly is among largest this year in Rutland County, there has been at least one bigger.
Earlier this year a Killington man was arrested after authorities found 40 marijuana plants growing in his apartment. That case is pending in Rutland District Court.
Newshawk: User - 420 Magazine
Source: Rutland Herald (Vermont)
Pubdate: 18 November 2006
Author: Alan J. Keays
Copyright: 2006 Rutland Herald
Contact: alan.keays@rutlandherald.com
Website: Article Here
they sure did burn that bud
