Pubdate: Sun, 18 Jun 2006
Source: Sierra Vista Herald (AZ)
Copyright: 2006 Sierra Vista Herald
Contact:  http://www.svherald.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1379
Author: Gentry Braswell
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

MAN CHARGED WITH INTENT TO SELL HYDROPONICALLY GROWN POT

SIERRA VISTA -- A local man was arrested Thursday morning on a charge 
of intent to sell hydroponically grown (without soil) marijuana, 
after the man's probation officer called Sierra Vista police for 
assistance in searching his residence, according to the police department.

Bond for David R. Holmes, 23, was set at $25,000, and he is charged 
with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of drug 
paraphernalia, and for violation of probation, Cochise County 
Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Carol Capas said Friday. He was 
booked into the Cochise County Jail.

Holmes was arrested just after 10 a.m. in the 4400 block of Buena Loma Way.

The arrest occurred after police and probation officers at his 
residence found him to be in possession of an undetermined amount of 
hydroponic marijuana, said Detective Jock Russell of the Sierra Vista police.

Holmes was also in possession of "other items consistent with sales 
of marijuana," Russell said.

It did not appear he was growing the marijuana at the residence, Russell said.

Holmes had been previously sentenced to, and was still serving 
criminal probation time, stemming from previous charges of possession 
of marijuana for sale, Russell said.
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