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See what happens when so many threads get shut down i thought it was a news thread ...
Head of four-county pot operation enters guilty plea
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM) - The head of an illegal medical marijuana operation that sold pot to scores of ineligible patients has pleaded guilty for his role in the conspiracy that touched four West Michigan counties.
Shawn Andrew Taylor, 30, entered his plea in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids. Taylor admitted to conspiring to distribute up to 132 pounds of high-grade marijuana between Jan. 2009 and Oct. 2013.
He is one of 37 people charged with using Michigan's Medical Marijuana Act as a ruse to grow plants at more than a dozen locations in Kent, Muskegon, Ottawa and Oceana counties. They called themselves the Medical Marijuana Team.
Taylor, who lives in Oceana County, faces between five and 40 years in prison when he sentenced April 14. About half of those charged have pleaded guilty and will be sentenced early next year.
Under the plea agreement, criminal charges were dismissed against his wife, Molly Taylor, and the government will not pursue forfeit proceedings against their home.
Those involved – including five married couples – bought and sold marijuana, hashish, marijuana wax and other marijuana-related products. Many even wore clothing bearing the group's distinctive logo, while others had tattoos of the logo on their bodies, the government said in its April indictment.
"Taylor believed he could profit by having an interest in numerous marijuana manufacturing operations maintained by other people who maintained Michigan Medical Marijuana Act caregiver and patient cards,'' the government spelled out in its plea agreement.
"Under the plan, a large number of marijuana plants could be in near constant production and each production facility would appear to be in compliance with the MMMA,'' the plea agreement says. "To facilitate this, Taylor began recruiting patients and caregivers and sometimes paid for marijuana certifications and MMMA licensing fees.''
Taylor was adept at growing larger plants, some of which were capable of producing between 8 and 20 ounces of finished marijuana per plant. The marijuana produced by Taylor typically sold for between $185 and $200 an ounce, federal authorities say.
He also saw the profit potential in being able to sell the overages to other persons or two medical marijuana consignment shops, the government said, noting the Michigan Supreme Court ruled consignment shops or dispensaries were illegal under the MMMA.
The organization had its own marketing arm, advertising on Craigslist and sending text messages to hundreds of potential customers to tout the availability and quality of the marijuana available, federal prosecutors said.
That's all bad.
The only reason grand Rapids is doing this bc they are losing soo much money and now are tring to hang onto that lose $$$ good luck gr the golden goose that you call Marijuana is about to. Lay the last golden egg
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