Binghamton shop owner arrested after reopening OCM-sealed store
Broome County deputies arrested High Standards owner Lucas J. Rought on Sept. 4, 2026, after state cannabis regulators found his sealed Binghamton shop operating with cut locks. Agents seized more illicit cannabis and resealed the store, and Rought was charged with criminal trespass and obstruction of governmental administration.
🇺🇸 High Standards, 104 Broad Ave, Binghamton · New York, United States
A cannabis shop owner was arrested after reopening a location sealed by the OCM.[1]The sheriff’s weekly arrest summary identifies him as 41-year-old Lucas J.
Rought of Endicott.[2]He was charged with third-degree criminal trespass and
second-degree obstruction of governmental administration after a joint operation
with the Office of Cannabis Management.[2]
The New York State Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), the state cannabis
regulator, had sealed the store after a May operation in which it seized illicit
cannabis and shut the location.[3]On Sept. 4, agents found the locks cut and
the shop operating despite the seal orders.[3]Agents took more illicit
cannabis from the location, then closed and resealed the business.[3]Deputies
assisted at the scene with OCM as the primary agency.[4]Signs posted on the
windows indicated illegal cannabis had been seized.[4]
The shop is High Standards at 104 Broad Ave in Binghamton, which state and local
law enforcement visited on Sept. 4 for an OCM enforcement action.[4]The
location had been part of a larger May enforcement operation in which several
shops were raided and shut down.[4]OCM said the business was operating when
it was supposed to be closed, which led to the trespass arrest.[3]
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WBNGwbng.comCannabis shop owner arrested after re-opening OCM-sealed location
WBNGwbng.comCannabis shop owner arrested after re-opening OCM-sealed location
WBNGwbng.comBinghamton cannabis shop closed by state Office of Cannabis Management following enforcement action
Open questions the AI reported
No weight or item count was published for the illicit cannabis taken on Sept. 4, so no kilograms can be recorded.
Quantities from the separate May operation were not counted here because that earlier enforcement is a different event.
No court outcome, arraignment detail or administrative-hearing result after the trespass and obstruction charges was reported.
No standalone OCM press release for the Sept. 4 re-inspection could be opened; the OCM account comes through WBNG's reporting.
WBNG describes the street as Broad Street in one account and Broad Ave in the same-day account; the report uses the numbered address 104 Broad Ave.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in WBNG: Broome County sheriff's deputies arrested High Standards owner Lucas Rought at the shop on Broad Street in Binghamton on Sept. 4, 2026.
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