Two of three men accused of stealing a pair of valuable, though THC-lacking, hemp plants from a Bay County farm have had their cases resolved.
The charges stem from an incident that occurred in Bay County the night of Oct. 18. About 8:30 p.m., the owner of a hemp farm in Monitor Township noticed suspicious activity on surveillance cameras overlooking a crop field and notified a security guard, police reports contained in court records show. The guard responded and spotted a white Chevrolet Avalanche drive away from a field.
Bay County Sheriff’s deputies stopped the Avalanche on southbound Interstate 75 minutes later. It had a nonfunctioning taillight.
Mario A. Khoury, 24, on Thursday, Jan. 30, appeared before Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill and pleaded guilty to one count of carrying a concealed weapon. The charge is a five-year felony.
In exchange, the prosecution agreed to dismiss a two-year mandatory minimum count of felony firearm and larceny between $1,000 and $20,000, also punishable by up to five years in prison.
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