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Aaron Sandusky, co-founder and owner of the Ontario-based G3 Holistics medical marijuana operation, faces at least 10 years in prison following his conviction on conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute charges. The jury deadlocked on four other counts.
The panel in Los Angeles reached its verdicts for Sandusky, 41, on Friday, Oct. 12. U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson ordered him taken into custody after the convictions. Sandusky faces sentencing Jan. 7.
Jurors found that each guilty count involved at least 1,000 marijuana plants. The four deadlocked charges had to do with operating a location involved with drugs. Anderson declared a mistrial on those counts.
Five other defendants in the case, including Sanduskys brother, Keith, had pleaded guilty before trial began.
The G3 case brought into focus the increasing tension between the federal government and what it sees as marijuana trafficking violations using state laws that permit medical marijuana.
Federal agents and San Bernardino County sheriffs detectives investigating G3 said Sandusky and the other defendants had used Californias medical marijuana laws as a platform to create an illegal for-profit grow-and-sell operation.
G3s operations at one time included a 40,000-square-foot cultivation warehouse in Ontario and distribution through stores in Upland, Colton and Moreno Valley. All three stores are now closed.
Complete story: http://www.pe.com/local-news/san-be...ot-dispensary-isnt-nonprofit-owner-guilty.ece