Medical Marijuana Caregivers Face Legal Battles

[bobandtorey]

TRAVERSE CITY — A Traverse Narcotics Team search of a burned Garfield Township barn harvested 95 marijuana plants.

Or 75 plants.

 

A police report generated after the July warrant search yielded both tallies, and the difference could be important if three Garfield Township residents — Fredric John York Sr., 56, Karyn Marie York, 50, and Fredric John York Jr., 27 — try to fight felony manufacture of marijuana charges.

The larger number exceeds the plants the Yorks could grow as cardholders and caregivers under the state's medical marijuana act, according to the report. Grand Traverse County Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Forsyth referred questions about specific numbers to TNT detectives, but said the search reaped enough pot to show the suspects violated the law.

"It's a combination of plants and usable marijuana," he said.

The Michigan Medical Marihuana Act isn't hazy about details. It provides specific protections for patients who have a medical need for the drug and the caregivers who assist them, so long as they follow the strict limits on the amount of marijuana they can possess — 2.5 ounces — or grow per patient — 12 plants.

TNT detectives recently showed a willingness to pursue such violations, and not just in the York case.

Four suspects — Aaron Mathew Fast, 29, of Frankfort, Brian Robert Fast, 29, of Frankfort, Kevin Eric Miner, 52, of Traverse City, and Jon Kelly Ullom, 26, of Copemish — appeared recently in Benzie County court for arraignment on delivery or manufacture of marijuana charges.

Court transcripts state all the suspects worked in Benzie County dispensaries. A detective involved a joint sheriff's department and TNT investigation stated a medical marijuana cardholder bought from dispensaries where they did not have direct connections.

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[Restorium2]

"It's a combination of plants and usable marijuana," he said.

 

He was saying that because they had 75 legal plants and also some usable so in his mind they were over. That is one of the most ridiculous excuses for a bad warrant I have ever heard to date. Slam dunk TNT for this please. They are caught with their pants down around their knees trying to run from the light. 

[trichcycler]

these goofball cops....


what is this crap about?

can possess — 2.5 ounces — or grow per patient — 12 plants.

 

the law says and, not or I believe

[bobandtorey]

so in his mind they were over. i agree to him and he is  the only one  who matters right now Imo it doesn't matter any more of how much or how many plants someone has only thing that does matter is its Marijuana and it's not Marihuana to them

[bobandtorey]

these goofball cops....

 

 

what is this crap about?

the law says and, not or I believe

 

 

We had a lot  less 

[trichcycler]

We had a lot  less

you related to them or your barn ? holy crap!   how did the fire start?  sorry this happened to you guys.