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Caregiver Charged with Marijuana Related Felonies

White Mountain Independent: “On April 2, 2013 the Navajo County Attorney’s Office formally charged suspect Michal Lytle,” with felonies for the sale and possession of marijuana.

Charges Against Vallejo, California, Weed Country Star Dismissed

Times-Herald: “Year-old criminal charges were dismissed Thursday against Matt Shotwell, a one-time operator of one of Vallejo’s largest medical marijuana dispensaries. Since February 2012, when the Vallejo Police Department’s series of raids on medical marijuana dispensaries launched with Shotwell’s arrest at Greenwell Cooperative dispensary, no operators have been convicted.

Dicey Pot Certification Business Harms Licensed Dispensaries’ Credibility

Arizona Daily Star: “The day after police raided the Get Legal Cannabis Certification Center, 6647 E. 22nd St., a crowd of about 20 angry customers gathered outside. . . . Thus ended the short life of the sort of business Arizona’s medical marijuana industry should avoid being associated with if it wants to [...]

More Indictments In Arizona Medical Pot Case

Payson Roundup: “A grand jury indicted Nature’s Harvest founder and director Sheelah Golliglee last month for running a criminal syndicate and selling marijuana. . . . [The Navajo County Sheriff's Department] said Nature’s Harvest was charging patients for medical marijuana, but passing it off as a consultation fee. . . . A doctor [...]

Cops Bust Oregon Medical Marijuana Dispensary

Longview Daily News: “Longview police busted a Kelso medical marijuana dispensary last week and arrested four people for allegedly selling pot on the side to non-patients. Agents from the Longview Police Street Crimes Unit served a search warrant Thursday at the ‘Grass Rootz’ dispensary”

Golden Valley Pot Farm Raided

azfamily.com: “Mohave County authorities arrested two people after busting a marijuana grow operation in Golden Valley . . . . more than 500 marijuana plants were seized”

Bullhead City Police Raid Pot Grow Operation

Mohave Valley Daily News: “The Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team, with the assistance of the Bullhead City Police Department, arrested a Bullhead City resident and his wife after a search warrant was served on their home following an investigation regarding a prior marijuana bust last week. According to Emily Fromelt, spokeswoman for [...]

Cops Raid Michigan Medical Marijuana Dispensary

MI Live: “The recent raid of a medical marijuana dispensary was the first in the Jackson area since a Michigan Supreme Court ruling gave local authorities the ability to shut dispensaries down.On Tuesday, Feb. 19, members of law enforcement including the Jackson Narcotics Enforcement Team raided Kaya Provision Center”

Arizona Court of Appeals OKs DUI of Pot

Associated Press: “An appeals court has issued a ruling that upholds the right of authorities to prosecute pot smokers in Arizona for driving under the influence even when there is no evidence that they are actually high.”

Oakland Sheriff Raids Medical Marijuana Dispensary

The Oakland Press: “A 31-year old Keego Harbor man was jailed after members of the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) raided Holly’s sole medical marijuana dispensary, Well Greens, on Thursday afternoon, seizing marijuana, cash, guns and other drug paraphernalia in two separate raids. The suspect is believed to be the [...]

Feds Sentence Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Aaron Sandusky to 10 Years

The Daily Chronic: “The operator of three state-compliant California medical marijuana dispensaries was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Monday [January 7, 2013] for running what federal prosecutors claimed was an illegal drug business that only pretended to be legitimate under the state’s medical marijuana law. Aaron Sandusky, 43, of Rancho Cucamonga, was [...]

Allan Sobol, Medical-Marijuana Marketer, Pleads Guilty to Selling Pot

Phoenix New Times: “Allan Sobol, the brash medical-marijuana marketer who got himself busted last year for opening a compassion club, has pleaded guilty to selling pot along with three former club employees. . . . Hated by many in the industry for his cut-throat business tactics, he was an early adopter of the [...]

Pot Dispensary Owner Faces 10 Years in Jail for Violating Federal Laws

Daily News: “While Aaron Sandusky and his supporters contend he committed no crime under California state law, he stands to spend many years — and possibly the rest of his life — behind bars. Sandusky was president of Upland-based G3 Holistic, a medical marijuana dispensary, which in California, is legal. In October, however, [...]

Medical Marijuana & States Rights: Pot Dispensary Owner Faces 10 Years in Jail for Violating Federal Laws

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: “While Aaron Sandusky and his supporters contend he committed no crime under California state law, he stands to spend many years – and possibly the rest of his life – behind bars. Sandusky was president of Upland-based G3 Holistic, a medical marijuana dispensary, which in California, is legal. In [...]

Washington Prosecutors Dismiss 220 Misdemeanor Marijuana Cases

Seattle Times: “King and Pierce County prosecutors are dismissing more than 220 misdemeanor marijuana cases in response to Tuesday’s vote to decriminalize small amounts of pot. In King County, 175 cases are being dismissed involving people 21 and older and possession of one ounce or less. I-502 makes one ounce of marijuana legal [...]

Southern California Legal Confusion over Medical Marijuana

The Weed Blog: “Four Ballot Initiatives Fail to Secure the Rights of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Exist in Four San Diego Cities While a Landmark California Appellate Court Decision Defines Dispensaries as Legal. The San Diego District Attorney (DA) and failed mayoral candidate, Bonnie Dumanis’ modus operandi has been to charge all dispensary [...]

7 Long Beach Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Raided Last Week

Dailybreeze.com: “State, county and local authorities continued with raids on medical marijuana businesses this week, citing the city’s push to see such organizations cease all operations in Long Beach. One raid was carried out Tuesday and two more operations were held Wednesday, resulting in 10 arrests . . . . The three raids [...]

Dispensary Owner Charged with Marijuana Crimes Faces 40 Years in Prison if Convicted

Daily Tahoe Tribune: “Federal prosecutors have formally charged former South Lake Tahoe medical marijuana dispensary owner Gennaro ‘Gino’ DiMatteo with two weed-related crimes. In a criminal complaint unsealed Monday, DiMatteo is charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and manufacturing at least 100 marijuana plants. He faces between five and 40 years [...]

Montana Dispensary Owner Convicted of Marijuana Crimes Faces 90 Year Sentence

Toke of the Town: Chris Williams ” faces the near-certainty that he will spend the rest of his life locked away in an industrial-size cage. His crime? Providing medical marijuana to terminally ill and disabled patients authorized to use cannabis under Montana law. Williams co-owned Montana Cannabis . . . . Despite clear [...]

Mesa Medical-Marijuana Club Busted by Gilbert PD

Phoenix New Times: “Valley marijuana patients lost another over-the-counter source for their meds earlier this month when Gilbert police raided Arizona Natural Solutions in Mesa. . . . Paul Bellesen, 22, Chad Czarnecki, 24, and Robert Ryan, 25, are accused of selling pot and “narcotics,” (this is another example of police wanting to [...]

Feds Bust 9 Pot Shops Arrest 12 in Southern California

The following is the text of an October 25, 2012, press release issued by the Drug Enforcement Agency:

A dozen people associated with a chain of nine marijuana stores that operated across Orange and Los Angeles counties were arrested this morning on federal drug trafficking charges. The 12 arrested are among [...]

Landmark Appellate Decision Issued in San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case

Americans for Safe Access: “The Fourth District Court of Appeal for California issued a unanimous published ruling today in a landmark medical marijuana case that reverses the conviction of a San Diego dispensary operator, Jovan Jackson, convicted in September 2010 after being denied a defense in state court. Today’s landmark ruling also reversed [...]

San Diego Medical Marijuana Dispensary Raided

San Diego Reader: “The District Attorney’s office has shut down yet another medical marijuana dispensary in the City of San Diego. Yesterday [October 24, 2012] agents and police officers raided the Next Generation Cannabis Club on San Ysidro Boulevard.”

Michigan Caregiver Pleads Guilty to Marijuana Crimes

mlive.com: “John Clemens Marcinkewciz II had pleaded guilty to conspiracy and manufacture of 100 or more marijuana plants. . . . U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell, who denied Marcinkewciz’s request to use Michigan’s medical marijuana law as a defense, will sentence Marcinkewciz.”

Colorado Medical Marijuana Dispensary Owner Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

The Jefferson County, Colorado, court system issued the following October 17, 2012, press release:

“(Golden, CO – October 16, 2012) The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary and two men associated with him have entered guilty pleas for their roles in the sale of almost $400,000 worth of marijuana following a drug bust [...]

Jury Finds NJWeedman Innocent in Pot Distribution Trial

PhillyBurbs: “Ed ‘NJWeedman’ Forchion hopes the not-guilty verdict a Burlington County jury rendered in his pot distribution trial plants a seed for other medical marijuana patients and sparks a change in the law. ‘I think other patients should argue the same points. They can call it the ‘Weedman defense,’ he said after a [...]

Arizona Sued in Medical Marijuana Case

Arizona Republic: “A woman is suing the state, claiming police violated Arizona’s medical-marijuana laws when they seized a marijuana-infused oil during a raid of her home last spring. Charise Voss Arfa, a medical-marijuana patient, claims police wrongfully considered the oil labeled ‘Soccer Moms Tincture’ a narcotic instead of marijuana.”

G3 Holistic Dispensary Owner Aaron Sandusky Convicted of Violating Federal Marijuana Laws

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: “G3 Holistic owner and Rancho Cucamonga resident Aaron Sandusky, 41, was convicted of two counts of violating federal marijuana laws Friday by a jury which could not reach a decision on four other counts. Conviction on the two counts could still net him a prison term of 10 years [...]

Long Beach Raids Seven Pot Shops

89.3 KPCC: “Long Beach police and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided seven medical marijuana dispensaries Wednesday in what officials said was the beginning of a crackdown on pot shops in the city. ‘We started with this first seven, and it is our intent to continue targeting each of these locations until we [...]

Makers of the Zonka Marijuana Laced Candy Bar Arrested

The Daily Courier: “When officers with the multi-agency Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) task force arrested four people in connection with selling pot-laced candy bars last month, it was the culmination of an investigation that began in April and led them to Phoenix and back to Prescott. Christopher Lee Martin, 37, and Andrea [...]

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