cannabisnews.com: Police Arrest 5 on Marijuana Charges!





Police Arrest 5 on Marijuana Charges!
Posted by FoM on April 11, 1999 at 10:03:18 PT
Source: Washington Post
Prince William County police made a series of drug arrests this week, seizing more than five pounds of marijuana worth nearly $6,000 and charging five people in connection with two local drug rings exposed by the arrests.
Police arrested a Dale City couple yesterday morning after finding several marijuana plants growing inside their Kempair Drive house, police spokeswoman Kim Chinn said. Police said that a neighbor had called authorities after hearing a woman screaming in the house and that they discovered the illegal drugs after responding to the domestic dispute call.When police arrived, they found Claudia Grace Tiscone, 21, sitting in a car in a garage adjacent to the house, barricading herself from Jorge Eduardo Falla, 26, who was standing nearby. According to Chinn, a police officer noticed a "strong odor of marijuana" as Falla made a run for the house. Police later searched the house and discovered a significant number of marijuana plants, Chinn said."He was growing the marijuana, with full plants at various stages of maturity, from seedlings to drying buds, in two rooms of the house," Chinn said.Police charged Falla and Tiscone with distributing marijuana. Falla also has been charged with domestic assault and battery for allegedly attacking Tiscone.On Thursday, police arrested three men on charges of possession and distribution of marijuana after a sting operation led undercover officers to a supplier's home on Counselor Road south of Lake Jackson. Chinn said police had been arranging to buy the drugs from a dealer who unwittingly led them to his source.Police said they arrested Randy Marshall, of Manassas, on Thursday afternoon after he took money from them and used it to buy marijuana from his supplier. Police have charged Marshall with three counts of distributing marijuana and one count of distributing cocaine. All the charges stem from a series of sales carried out earlier by undercover officers.Police also arrested Mark Dimattina, 19, after returning Thursday night to the Counselor Road home. Dimattina had the money police used to buy drugs earlier in the day, officials said.Dimattina was charged with possession of, selling and distributing marijuana. Christopher Quinlan, 19, of Manassas, who arrived at the home with Dimattina, was charged with possession of marijuana.Chinn said that police have not specifically stepped up their drug enforcement efforts but that "we've had a lucky spree recently." This is a plant not a chemical! What God put on this earth should surely be legal!
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