PARIS — A Paris man indicted in October on possession of more than a pound of marijuana and cultivation charges entered a plea of not guilty in Oxford County Superior Court on Thursday, Dec. 17.
Richard R. Jackson, 48, of King Hill Road in Paris, entered his plea with his attorney, Gregory Braun, more than a year after police seized $500,000 worth of marijuana from two homes on King Hill Road. Jackson owned both of the neighboring residences, according to Paris interim police Chief Jeffrey Lange, living in one and renting the other to an unknown tenant.
At the time of the raid, Jackson was a licensed medicinal marijuana caregiver. Police seized a total of 18 pounds of marijuana and 173 adult plants, which police said was more than the legally allowed number of plants for a caregiver. According to a letter from Braun, Jackson initially asked police to step up patrols around his houses because of suspicious activity in and around his marijuana grow operation. Police burned the crop they seized in July, 10 months after the seizure, citing health concerns after the plants began to rot in storage.
Jackson will next appear in court for a disposition hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.
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