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How much pot is a lot?
Ten pounds? How about 5 pounds?
Those are questions Assistant Mercer County Public Defender Charles F. Gilchrest posed to state police at the preliminary hearing of Jayson T.J. White, 32, of Youngstown, who is charged with possession of marijuana, possession with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.
White is accused of having a package of 7 1/2 to 10 pounds of pot shipped to a home in Farrell, where he picked it up.
Gilchrest asked trooper Jeffrey Brautigam if someone can smoke that much pot.
With that much weight, it could not be for personal use, Brautigam said. You cant smoke it all up yourself.
Based on studies and his conversations with people who smoke pot, Brautigam said the drug would go bad before someone could smoke such a large quantity.
This was to be broken down and distributed, he later told Assistant District Attorney William J. Moder III.
When White was questioned by police and told about 10 pounds of marijuana were in the package, White said there was only supposed to be 5 pounds, Brautigam said. Gilchrest asked if 5 pounds could be smoked by a single person. Brautigam responded that 5 pounds is too much for personal use.
Gilchrest asked District Judge Ronald E. Antos, Farrell, to dismiss the possession with intent to deliver charge because there was no convincing evidence as to what the pot weighed a crime laboratory report has not been completed or whether it was for personal use.
Antos didnt bite and held all charges for court.
Police said they were called Jan. 16 by United Parcel Service employees, who detected a package they believed contained drugs at their center in Wilmington Township, Lawrence County.
Police opened the package and found five bags of marijuana, each one containing 1 to 2 pounds, police said. The package was addressed to 410 French St., and the return address was from Fort Worth, Texas, police said.
Brautigam said he delivered the package to the address, placing it on a railing, and walked away. A woman who answered his knock took it inside. After waiting a few minutes, police entered the home and detained the woman, Brautigam said. She told police White had asked her to accept it, she declined, but he had it sent anyway.
Working with police, the woman called White and told him the package had arrived, and he and another man were dropped off at her home at 3:30 p.m., police said.
Police hiding in the house waited until they could hear the package being opened before they arrested White, Brautigam said.
He said, Hey, this stuffs all mine. They had nothing to do with it, testified Brautigam, believing Whites comments referred to the woman and the other man.
White would not discuss who sent the package to him, but was otherwise honest, Brautigam said.
White remains free on bail.
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Ten pounds? How about 5 pounds?
Those are questions Assistant Mercer County Public Defender Charles F. Gilchrest posed to state police at the preliminary hearing of Jayson T.J. White, 32, of Youngstown, who is charged with possession of marijuana, possession with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.
White is accused of having a package of 7 1/2 to 10 pounds of pot shipped to a home in Farrell, where he picked it up.
Gilchrest asked trooper Jeffrey Brautigam if someone can smoke that much pot.
With that much weight, it could not be for personal use, Brautigam said. You cant smoke it all up yourself.
Based on studies and his conversations with people who smoke pot, Brautigam said the drug would go bad before someone could smoke such a large quantity.
This was to be broken down and distributed, he later told Assistant District Attorney William J. Moder III.
When White was questioned by police and told about 10 pounds of marijuana were in the package, White said there was only supposed to be 5 pounds, Brautigam said. Gilchrest asked if 5 pounds could be smoked by a single person. Brautigam responded that 5 pounds is too much for personal use.
Gilchrest asked District Judge Ronald E. Antos, Farrell, to dismiss the possession with intent to deliver charge because there was no convincing evidence as to what the pot weighed a crime laboratory report has not been completed or whether it was for personal use.
Antos didnt bite and held all charges for court.
Police said they were called Jan. 16 by United Parcel Service employees, who detected a package they believed contained drugs at their center in Wilmington Township, Lawrence County.
Police opened the package and found five bags of marijuana, each one containing 1 to 2 pounds, police said. The package was addressed to 410 French St., and the return address was from Fort Worth, Texas, police said.
Brautigam said he delivered the package to the address, placing it on a railing, and walked away. A woman who answered his knock took it inside. After waiting a few minutes, police entered the home and detained the woman, Brautigam said. She told police White had asked her to accept it, she declined, but he had it sent anyway.
Working with police, the woman called White and told him the package had arrived, and he and another man were dropped off at her home at 3:30 p.m., police said.
Police hiding in the house waited until they could hear the package being opened before they arrested White, Brautigam said.
He said, Hey, this stuffs all mine. They had nothing to do with it, testified Brautigam, believing Whites comments referred to the woman and the other man.
White would not discuss who sent the package to him, but was otherwise honest, Brautigam said.
White remains free on bail.
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