Hemp farmer detained thieves stealing from his hemp farm, but he was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm, police said.
PLAINFIELD, IL — A local hemp farmer and three alleged thieves were arrested in Plainfield Monday after the farmer caught the group stealing from his hemp farm and chased the thieves, shooting his gun and detaining them at gunpoint in the process, police said. The alleged thieves — two of whom are juveniles — thought they had been stealing marijuana plants, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.
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Around midnight Monday, officers responded to a call of an armed man holding three accused thieves on the roadway in the 14000 block of South Napa Circle in Plainfield Township, according to sheriff’s office. Officers found Ashraf Hasan, who told them that he had detained three people he accused of repeatedly stealing from his hemp farm on West Taylor Road.
Earlier that night, Hasan saw three people on his farm cutting down hemp plants, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s department said. Hasan ran into the field and fired his handgun several times in the air to scare off the thieves. The group fled into the nearby neighborhood, and Hasan got into his car to chase them, authorities said.
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