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veggie

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[CAN] Pot grower gets only house arrest for scraggly plants
#13367994 - 10/21/10 06:58 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Pot grower gets only house arrest for scraggly plants October 21, 2010 - therecord.com
KITCHENER — Brown, withered plants helped a small-time grower stay out of jail Thursday on marijuana production and trafficking charges.
A federal prosecutor sought an 18-month jail term after Steven McCurdy, 45, was caught with 75 plants — plus a 22-calibre handgun and a small crossbow — at his Tyson Drive apartment in the Bridgeport area of Kitchener.
But the judge sentenced him to just 15 months of house arrest — in part because the grow operation was small and unsophisticated, as evidenced by the poor quality of the plants and the ease with which police found them.
Also a key factor was a finding by Justice Gary Hearn that the two weapons found during a search of McCurdy’s apartment weren’t connected to his illegal marijuana business.
The combination of guns and drugs typically increases sentences in such cases because of the potential for violence.
Defence lawyer Andrew Bond said McCurdy won the handgun in a card game years ago and only used it for target practice.
Police found the plants after getting a tip through Crime Stoppers. When officers drove by the apartment, they could see 57 of them in pots on a back deck surrounded by latticework.
The weapons, ammunition and 18 more plants were found inside, along with several garbage bags of dried trimmings.
Police estimated the value of the plants and trimmings at $75,000, but Bond said it was much lower because McCurdy just bought seeds on the internet and didn’t have any expertise.
A truck driver and heavy equipment operator before he was laid off this year, McCurdy had only two prior convictions for minor drug possession.
Hearn accepted his explanation that he was growing marijuana for his personal use and to sell in his own social circles, not as a full-blown business venture.
McCurdy will spend the first 10 months of his conditional sentence with electronic monitoring. For the remaining five months, he will have only a nightly curfew.
He was also ordered to do 100 hours of community service work.
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Re: [CAN] Pot grower gets only house arrest for scraggly plants [Re: veggie]
#13368971 - 10/21/10 09:53 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Wow-- if you going to commit the crime you might as well do it properly wouldn't you think???
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Re: [CAN] Pot grower gets only house arrest for scraggly plants [Re: travelleler]
#13369950 - 10/22/10 04:21 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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police estimated the plants and trimmings to be worth $75,000???? brown, scraggy and outside in canadian autumn? id love their estimator to come and value my house, i could do with the value trebling!! yay clueless babylon, with their thumb on the scales of justice.!
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Re: [CAN] Pot grower gets only house arrest for scraggly plants [Re: shroomzi8]
#13370143 - 10/22/10 07:22 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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haha thats funny he got a slap on the wrist cause his plants sucked! if that was USA hed be up state sittin it down for a while.
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Re: [CAN] Pot grower gets only house arrest for scraggly plants [Re: shopdropper]
#13393124 - 10/26/10 11:30 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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haha thats funny he got a slap on the wrist cause his plants sucked! if that was USA hed be up state sittin it down for a while.
Depends on what state... on the West coast he'd probably end up doing a couple months in county and getting paroled back onto the street---
nobody cares about a dipshit growing a few gnarly little plants when they can go hunting for the spics in the woods and hit it bigtime.
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