Posted on 10/05/2018 11:00:29 AM PDT by ETL
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A pair of Rhode Island political hopefuls, who aspired to be The Ocean State's governor and attorney general, was arrested Thursday after police allegedly uncovered 48 pounds of illegal marijuana in the duo's West Greenwich home.
State police said they arrested Anne Armstrong, 58, and Alan Gordon, 48 -- the Compassion Party’s candidates for governor and attorney general, respectively -- after a search at the pair’s home uncovered nearly 50 pounds of marijuana.
Officials said they searched the pair’s home after receiving a complaint of a “strong odor of marijuana emanating from marijuana plants being illegally grown outdoors.”
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Rhode Island state police said they found at least five large aluminum trays full of pot (Rhode Island State Police)
Police said they found marijuana “growing outdoors and in plain sight” without the state-issued tags required for growing medical marijuana, the Providence Journal reported.
Inside the home, police found at least five large aluminum trays heaped with trimmed pot. Other trays also held drying marijuana, the Journal reported.
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The pair, who are leaders of a Christian sect – The Healing Church – that uses marijuana for religious services, appeared in court Thursday afternoon. They did not enter pleas on charges of marijuana possession and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
They were ordered held on $25,000 bail.
According to the Providence Journal, the pair’s stance on marijuana has sparked previous run-ins with police. In one lawsuit filed against the state, Armstrong and Gordon claim the enforcement of state marijuana laws against them amounts to religious discrimination and violates the U.S. Constitution.
They also argue the term “marijuana” is racist and prefer the word “cannabis.”
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Police said they also found trays holding drying marijuana. (Rhode Island Police Department)
Alan Gordon, 48, and Anne Armstrong, 58, - who are running for Rhode Island attorney general and governor,
respectively - were arrested for having 48 pounds of marijuana, police said. (Rhode Island State Police)
Looks like they are shoo ins now.
OMG , my eyes
They got my vote!
Is that Ichabod Crane on the left?
I dunno. If they’d agree to support Kavanaugh I might think about it.
They also argue the term “marijuana” is racist and prefer the word “cannabis.”
Doesn’t cannabis come from the same word as cannibal? I would think THAT would be racist.
Democrats.
Lede doesn’t mention party affiliation.
The only two politicians in the country that are in an honest line of work.
THEY DON’T LOOK AT ALL LIKE HIPPIES!
NAAAHHH!!
The real offense that got them busted - threatening to siphon off votes from Democrats...
Which one is the guy?........................
John Kerry’s dad got around..............................
The Compassion Party...
These two just woke up from the ‘60’s......
Article states "Compassion Party". Lol!
"The pair, who are leaders of a Christian sect – The Healing Church – that uses marijuana for religious services"
Their "church" is about as legit as Jeremiah Wright's (communist) Black Liberation Theology "church".
Yep. Just your average gop sect leaders “running for governor.”
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