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Articles Posted in Marijuana Crimes in Jacksonville

State of Georgia to consider having ANY amount of pot a misdemeanor
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At the very end of 2015, a bill was introduced in the Georgia legislature that would make possessing any amount of marijuana a misdemeanor. As the law currently stands in that state, and many other states, possession over a certain amount constitutes a drug felony charge. In Georgia, if you are found to have over…

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St. Johns County man arrested after police find marijuana grow operation in Putnam County home he was renting
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Police searched a Northeast Florida home and found what they described as an elaborate marijuana grow operation and seized plants with a street value of tens of thousands of dollars. Police said they received a search warrant to look inside the home and found 72 mature marijuana plants and marijuana that had already been picked…

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Judge says St. Johns County went too far, allows couple charged with growing pot to go back to home and collect belongings
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A judge ruled St. Johns County should not have immediately condemned the home rented by a couple now charged with growing marijuana. The judge ruled this week the couple could return to their home for two weeks to gather personal items, as well as the fish living in seven aquariums that may or may not…

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Father and son arrested, accused of growing marijuana in St. Johns County
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Police arrested a father and son last month in St. Johns County, accusing the two of growing marijuana in their home. Both men are charged with cultivating marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union. Cultivation of marijuana is a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in…

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Man on way to Jacksonville stopped on Interstate 95, police find bricks of marijuana in dog food bag
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A Miami man is facing felony drug trafficking charges after police found 30 bricks of marijuana in a dog food bag during a traffic stop on the interstate. Police estimated the marijuana was worth $120,000 and arrested Roger Aguilera for trafficking in marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to sell, according to a report…

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Five arrested in alleged elaborate underground Clay County marijuana growing operation
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Five men were arrested in a marijuana growing operation, alleged to include two 40-foot cargo trailers buried in a Clay County bunker. The five were charged with cultivation of marijuana and two of the men were also charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union.…

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St. Johns County man arrested when police find 157 pot plants
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A St. Johns County man is facing charges of cultivation of marijuana after a tip led police to 157 marijuana plants the man is accused of growing. Michael Colvin was arrested last week and after someone alerted police to what they described as an elaborate growing operation, according to a report in the Florida Times-Union.…

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Jacksonville police bust marijuana grow house, arrest owner and take three dozen plants
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A tip from a neighbor led police to a Jacksonville home where they found 36 marijuana plants and other evidence of a grow operation inside the residence. When police arrived, they smelled the odor of burning marijuana, knocked on the door and Derrick Anton Warren let the officers inside, according to a report in the…

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Officer arrested for moving marijuana in Jacksonville
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A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office police officer has been arrested on pot charges in Duval County. According to a report in the Florida Times Union, Maurice Boykins was a corrections officer at the Duval County Pretrial Detention Facility. He has been accused of selling marijuana in Jacksonville to an inmate. The actual charge he was arrested…

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First large-scale synthetic marijuana raid in Northeast Florida, more expected in response to new ban
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Putnam County detectives conducted the first major synthetic marijuana bust on the First Coast since the increasingly popular drug was banned in Florida as of July 1. Narcotics detectives confiscated 2,500 packets of synthetic marijuana, also known as K2 or Spice, at 10 different stores, according to a report by News4Jax.com. Police did not make…

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