SILVERTON, Ore. (AP) — A man living in Silverton have been given prison sentences for growing marijuana near two schools.
Silverton Police say 55-year-old James Payne was sentenced to two years in prison and three years probation. He was convicted of manufacturing marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school and attempting to deliver pot to an undercover officer.
The Statesman Journal (http://is.gd/tdzn8y ) reports Payne was arrested after detectives connected him to a marijuana grow operation discovered when firefighters were putting out a fire.
Fifty-one-year-old Kathleen Eck,, who lived with Payne, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and three years probation after pleading guilty to delivering marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school.
