Posted on 05/05/2006 10:50:09 AM PDT by jaydubya2
LITCHFIELD, Conn. - A man who spray-painted large cannabis leaves on his house has agreed to remove the bright green paintings as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors.
Christopher Seekins, of Winsted, was arrested in October when police discovered about 100 marijuana plants in his house. He said they were hemp and part of a research project.
After his arrest, Seekins painted images of the green leaf on his Victorian-style house, each accompanied by the word "hemp." Town officials say they received several complaints because Seekins' home _ on High Street _ is visible from Winsted's main thoroughfare.
Seekins has said the large leaves were painted in support of legalization of marijuana. He also believes in the usefulness of hemp, a biological relative of marijuana that is used in products from soap and cosmetics to rope and luggage.
Seekins, 26, pleaded guilty Thursday in Litchfield Superior Court to a charge of growing marijuana and Supervisory State's Attorney Andrew M. Wittstein agreed to three years probation. He was also barred from painting the leaves on his house again.
The state agreed to drop other charges, such as possession of marijuana with intent to sell. Seekins will have to perform 300 hours of community service and refrain from possessing or using illegal drugs.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 30.
Research project, honest Officer.
Well, he can still paint the buds.
Another example of giving a guy enough hemp to hang himself with.
You wanna get high?
Or a bag of shake.
He should have written "Arrest Me Now" on his house.
My Scout Troop goes through a lot of rope, for pioneering projects and such. We were at one of those reenactment days, and one of the vendor booths was selling hemp products, including rope. So I bought 100' of 1/4" hemp rope for our use.
It's a lot more flexible than manila rope. The fibers are more numerous and much finer. This actually makes it more difficult for the boys to splice, as they have little practice at it. That same property, however, makes it easier on the boys' hands when they go to tie knots and lashings. It's much stronger than sisal (the charts say it's about 10% stronger than manila), which is even coarser than manila rope is. I have yet to see how well it does lashings, but I expect it would be superior to manila in that regard.
Or peyote and say it was a desert landscape.
He got off easy. According to the pot activists he would have had all his property confiscated and served hard time, and his entire life ruined.
He painted the leaves after his arrest.
Nice house except for the graffiti.
Iv'e seen shampoo that advertises it contains a hemp extract. It even has a pot leaf on the bottle!
I wonder how often that sign gets stolen...
The lesson here people is that if you are going to be growing weed in your house its a better idea to paint "NO WEED INSIDE" on your house.
Weed
Next Exit
Shelled hemp seed is available at Whole Foods and other savy stores. It is an outstanding source of protein and omega 3's. An excellent sugar addiction fighter.
George Washington grew heaps of it at Mt. Vernon.
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