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The owner of a Front Range chain of hydroponic gardening stores has been charged in federal court with marijuana distribution and has indicated he intends to plead guilty.
Federal officials filed a charging document, called an "information," on Monday against Corey Inniss, owner of the Way to Grow chain of stores. The document alleges that Inniss distributed at least 10 kilograms – about 22 pounds – but less than 20 kilograms of marijuana.
After entering a not-guilty plea to the charge Monday, Inniss the next day filed a document called a "notice of disposition," indicating he had reached a deal.
A hearing at which Inniss can change his plea is scheduled for June 28.
"Mr. Inniss has agreed to accept full responsibility for his personal misconduct involving marijuana that occurred several years ago," Inniss' attorney, Jeralyn Merritt, wrote in an e-mail. "Way to Grow was not involved in his offense, and no legal action will be brought against it. Way to Grow will continue to operate in full compliance with the law."
Federal officials have been investigating Inniss for years.
In two civil cases, federal prosecutors sought to seize houses – including ones belonging to Inniss' parents – and money connected to a marijuana-growing ring. Filings in those cases allege that Inniss supplied lights and other growing equipment from his stores to set up marijuana-cultivation operations in homes from Boulder to Fort Collins.
In exchange for the equipment, the documents allege, Inniss received a cut of the operations' proceeds. Prosecutors accuse Inniss of then taking that money – $1.3 million in cash during a 16-month period of 2005 and 2006 – and putting it into Way to Grow bank accounts.
At least one person involved in the case claimed he was growing medical marijuana in compliance with state law.
Merritt said the new criminal charge has no connection to Way to Grow. She said prosecutors will drop the forfeiture claims as part of the plea deal.
Way to Grow has locations in Denver, Lakewood, Boulder and Fort Collins and is one of the largest hydroponics and indoor-gardening stores in Colorado.
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Source: denverpost.com
Author: Jon Ingold
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Federal officials filed a charging document, called an "information," on Monday against Corey Inniss, owner of the Way to Grow chain of stores. The document alleges that Inniss distributed at least 10 kilograms – about 22 pounds – but less than 20 kilograms of marijuana.
After entering a not-guilty plea to the charge Monday, Inniss the next day filed a document called a "notice of disposition," indicating he had reached a deal.
A hearing at which Inniss can change his plea is scheduled for June 28.
"Mr. Inniss has agreed to accept full responsibility for his personal misconduct involving marijuana that occurred several years ago," Inniss' attorney, Jeralyn Merritt, wrote in an e-mail. "Way to Grow was not involved in his offense, and no legal action will be brought against it. Way to Grow will continue to operate in full compliance with the law."
Federal officials have been investigating Inniss for years.
In two civil cases, federal prosecutors sought to seize houses – including ones belonging to Inniss' parents – and money connected to a marijuana-growing ring. Filings in those cases allege that Inniss supplied lights and other growing equipment from his stores to set up marijuana-cultivation operations in homes from Boulder to Fort Collins.
In exchange for the equipment, the documents allege, Inniss received a cut of the operations' proceeds. Prosecutors accuse Inniss of then taking that money – $1.3 million in cash during a 16-month period of 2005 and 2006 – and putting it into Way to Grow bank accounts.
At least one person involved in the case claimed he was growing medical marijuana in compliance with state law.
Merritt said the new criminal charge has no connection to Way to Grow. She said prosecutors will drop the forfeiture claims as part of the plea deal.
Way to Grow has locations in Denver, Lakewood, Boulder and Fort Collins and is one of the largest hydroponics and indoor-gardening stores in Colorado.
News Hawk- TruthSeekr420 420 MAGAZINE
Source: denverpost.com
Author: Jon Ingold
Contact: Contact Us - The Denver Post
Website: Colorado hydroponics store owner reaches deal in pot-distribution case - The Denver Post
