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Federal charges against Lisbon man dropped (Picture of accused is priceless)
WWTI-TV ^ | 12/1/2007 | staff

Posted on 12/01/2007 1:02:17 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

A Federal judge has dropped charges against a Lisbon man after his lawyer successfully argued that the marijuana authorities seized on his Keystone Road property was actually wild hemp.

52-year-old Patrick Green was arrested in August and accused of having nearly 900 marijuana plants and pot being prepared for sale in his barn on Keystone Road. Authorities said they were tipped off to Green’s activities by parents of youths who may have been involved in the drug activities.

Green’s lawyer Melissa Tuohey argued that the plants were hemp and not marijuana, and were growing in an area known to have wild hemp. She and a Private Investigator visited the site of the farm and found “numerous” areas where the plant was growing.

Additionally, a bust in 2003 that was credited as a massive seizure by authorities just 1 mile away from Green’s farm is now believed to have been hemp growing wild. The Sheriff said at the time they believed it was marijuana, even though it was apparent there had been no one tending it and was growing at random. Tuohey said the area where that plot had been burned was now inhabited again by wild hemp.

According to the Watertown Daily Times this morning, Judge David Peebles dismissed the charges against Green “in the interest of justice”. Green had been released from Federal custody in October on his own recognizance after Tuohey presented her findings to the court.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Gardening; Local News; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: chong; hemp; marijuana
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Green, seen here speaking at a St.
Lawrence County Legislature meeting
1 posted on 12/01/2007 1:02:19 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

The hemp is growing on his head.


2 posted on 12/01/2007 1:04:25 PM PST by SolidWood ("I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.")
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Oh my......

3 posted on 12/01/2007 1:05:38 PM PST by rockabyebaby (HEY JORGE, SHUT UP AND BUILD THE BLEEPING FENCE, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

My understanding is most plants targeted by these outdoor raids are “ditchweed” aka hemp.


4 posted on 12/01/2007 1:05:50 PM PST by fso301
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; martin_fierro; mikrofon

The Green, Green grass of home. . . .


5 posted on 12/01/2007 1:08:56 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (Guy's two years younger than me; looks ten years older.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I am betting every sentence ended with the word “man” during his testimony.


6 posted on 12/01/2007 1:09:20 PM PST by edpc (Benchmarks = vandalism)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Wasn't he in the movie Up In Smoke?"

;-D

7 posted on 12/01/2007 1:10:46 PM PST by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
his Keystone Road property

His Kilo-stoned Road property.

8 posted on 12/01/2007 1:10:57 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (The Green, Green grass of home.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
a Lisbon man

I thought you had to be a woman to be one of those.

9 posted on 12/01/2007 1:12:35 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (The Green, Green grass of home.)
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To: rockabyebaby

"Hey, man, pass those nachos over."

10 posted on 12/01/2007 1:13:55 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Oh, the huge manatee!!!)
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To: Charles Henrickson

This dude probably can’t make it three blocks without getting pulled over.


11 posted on 12/01/2007 1:14:55 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Oh, the huge manatee!!!)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Guy does so much grass he can even P. Green.


12 posted on 12/01/2007 1:15:54 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (The Green, Green grass of home.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Hey, man, pass those nachos over."

"Hey, man, pass those nachos the BONG over." That's more like it!

13 posted on 12/01/2007 1:17:18 PM PST by rockabyebaby (HEY JORGE, SHUT UP AND BUILD THE BLEEPING FENCE, ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
his barn on Keystone Road.

Ricky Williams's new rehab facility.

14 posted on 12/01/2007 1:17:41 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (The Green, Green grass of home.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Green had been released from Federal custody in October on his own recognizance. . . .

Surprised he was able to recognize himself.

15 posted on 12/01/2007 1:19:32 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (The Green, Green grass of home.)
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To: Charles Henrickson

Dr. Johnny Fever has really gone downhill since he lost his radio gig.


16 posted on 12/01/2007 1:19:33 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

That’s gotta be Cheech’s long lost brother, man!


17 posted on 12/01/2007 1:35:07 PM PST by CRBDeuce (an armed society is a polite society)
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To: rockabyebaby

Guilty.


18 posted on 12/01/2007 1:36:47 PM PST by tioga (Dear Santa..........I can explain....)
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To: najida

Guilty?


19 posted on 12/01/2007 1:37:14 PM PST by tioga (Dear Santa..........I can explain....)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Hey, man, pass those nachos over."

Hey, man! You shouldn't eat those! You don't know what's in it. It could be dog or something...

"Good dog!!!"

20 posted on 12/01/2007 1:38:25 PM PST by weegee (End the Bush-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton-Clinton/Clinton-Bush-Bush-Clinton/Clinton Oligarchy 1980-2012)
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