When his garden was raided by law enforcement in 1998, Dennis Hunter
knew bad times were ahead. After all, he would be facing prosecution
for the 12,000 marijuana plants growing on his property in Humboldt
County, California. So, Hunter took his wife and two young children,
and promptly fled. The family lived quietly and discreetly for four
years, until Hunter was apprehended and indicted by the U.S. Attorney in
March 2002. A year later, he pled guilty to two counts -- conspiracy
to manufacture more than a thousand plants and conspiracy to conduct
illegal financial transactions involving the sale of marijuana. Hunter
was given a 78 month prison sentence, with five years supervised released, a term he had already made much
progress in serving by the time he was finally sentenced in May 2005. Last updated February 20, 2009 by Vanessa Nelson at www.medicalmarijuanaofamerica.com (now defunct). |
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