On July 6, 2011, Jonathan Janetski, Michael Kassner, Tyler Roe were charged in Missoula, MT federal court with conspiracy to manufacture marijuana, conspiracy to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and maintaining a drug-involved premises.   The charges carried a minimum term of five years in prison and the possibility of up to 40 years, fines of up to $5 million, and at least four years’ supervised release.

The federal government accused Janetski of leasing his Kalispell property to Kassner and Roe for medical marijuana cultivation in fall 2010. When the location was raided on March 14, 2011, 718 marijuana plants were seized.

Kassner and Roe each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture, for which they received sentences of one year and one day, in November 2011 and February 2012, respectively. Janetski pleaded guilty to a single charge of maintaining drug-involved premise. In May 2012, Janetski was sentenced to a year and one day in prison.

Last updated February 15, 2013 by Jessica Lux for WEED WARS: United States v. Marijuana.