Two arrested, 850 cannabis plants seized at Phoenix, Oregon grow
Jackson County sheriff's deputies found an illegal grow site in the 4400 block of Colver Road in Phoenix, Oregon, and arrested two local residents, 47-year-old Steven Mialocq and 34-year-old Alyssa Monique Valverde. Police seized 850 plants and 40 pounds of processed marijuana, and county code enforcement fined the responsible party $44,000.
🇺🇸 4400 block of Colver Road, Phoenix, Jackson County, Oregon · Oregon, United States
Arrested
2
Charged
2
Plants destroyed
850
Cannabis
18.1437 kg
Agencies
Jackson County Sheriff's Office, Jackson County Code Enforcement
Cannabis
Living plants, Herbal cannabis, Other cannabis product
Two people were arrested after police found an illegal cannabis grow site in the
4400 block of Colver Road in Phoenix, a town in southern Oregon’s Jackson
County.[1]
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said police seized 850 plants, 40 pounds
(about 18.1 kilograms) of processed marijuana and an assortment of THC and
psilocybin mushroom products.[1]
The two suspects, 47-year-old Steven Mialocq and 34-year-old Alyssa Monique
Valverde, both from Phoenix, each faced three felony counts.[1]Police said
the counts included unlawful possession, distribution and manufacture of
marijuana.[1]
Jackson County Code Enforcement went to the scene during the search warrant and
issued $44,000 in fines to the responsible party.[1]The release said the
fines were for building code violations, non-permitted electrical installations
and failure to obtain land use approval for marijuana production.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Charged
2
Plants destroyed
850
Cannabis
18.1437 kg
Fine
USD 44,000
Agencies
Jackson County Sheriff's Office; Jackson County Code Enforcement
Agency type
Police, Regulator
Cannabis
Living plants (850 plants); Herbal cannabis (18.1437 kg); Other cannabis product
Activity
Cultivation, Possession, Sale
Setting
Home
Charges
unlawful possession of marijuana; unlawful distribution of marijuana; unlawful manufacture of marijuana
The article gives no separate date for the search or the arrests; 30 August 2024 is its publication date and stands in as the incident date.
Only one accessible account was found; the sheriff's office release itself and any second outlet's version could not be opened.
The 40 pounds of processed marijuana is recorded as 18.1437 kg of cannabis flower; the THC products the release mentions cannot be separated into cannabis quantities and the psilocybin mushrooms are not cannabis, so neither is counted.
THC products in the seizure may include cannabis concentrates, but the article does not give a quantity or say whether they are cannabis-based, so no figure is recorded for them.
No court date, plea, bail decision or outcome is reported for either defendant, and the three felony counts are not listed in full.
The grow's setting is described only as an illegal grow site at a Colver Road address; the article does not state whether plants were indoors or outdoors.
The article does not say whether the 850 plants were destroyed or held as evidence, or how the processed marijuana was disposed of.
The article does not publish a street value for the seizure.
The four photos published with the article are credited only to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, with no caption saying what each shows, so none is listed as media.
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