G3 dispensary operator jailed 10 years in federal case
U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson sentenced G3 Holistics president Aaron Sandusky, 42, to 10 years in federal prison on 7 January 2013 for conspiring to manufacture and distribute marijuana. A jury had convicted him on two counts involving at least 1,000 plants after raids on medical dispensaries in the Inland Empire.
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U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson sentenced Aaron Sandusky, 42, of Rancho Cucamonga, to 10 years in federal prison on 7 January 2013 for running a marijuana business in the Inland Empire.[1][2]Sandusky, the former president of G3 Holistics, had been convicted the previous fall on federal narcotics charges for distributing hundreds of pounds of marijuana.[1]
A federal jury that heard two days of evidence convicted Sandusky of conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, finding each count involved at least 1,000 marijuana plants and triggering a 10-year mandatory minimum.[1][2]The jury could not reach verdicts on four other counts charging him with maintaining drug-involved premises at G3 stores in Upland, Colton and Moreno Valley and at a grow in Ontario, which the court dismissed at the government’s request.[1][2]The case followed October 2011 warnings that the stores violated federal law; Sandusky closed Colton and Moreno Valley but kept Upland open even after two search warrants, forfeiture suits over the property and nearly $11,500 in seized cash.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Prison
10 years
Agency type
Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis; Living plants
Activity
Cultivation, Possession
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sources
LawFuellawfuel.comMan Who Operated Large-Scale Marijuana Grow and Commercial Pot Store Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison
The release says Sandusky distributed hundreds of pounds of marijuana but gives no weighed total, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
The jury deadlocked on four counts of maintaining drug-involved premises in Upland, Colton, Moreno Valley and Ontario; those counts were dismissed at the government's request.
Five co-defendants including co-owner John Leslie Nuckolls II had pleaded guilty and were awaiting sentencing, with outcomes not in the opened sources.
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Charged 5Sentenced 1Prison 18 years initial confinement and 10 years extended supervisionDeaths 1
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