Recent Posts in Miami Grow House Attorney Category
Posted on Apr 13, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A marijuana grow house was discovered by Doral Police in a residential condo complex near NW 58th Street and the Turnpike. While the weight or number of plants is unknown at this time, the apparent ...
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Posted on Feb 23, 2013 By Eric Matheny
In 2008, the Florida Legislature made it a specific crime to own, lease, or rent a home or building for the purpose of trafficking in a controlled substance. Essentially, this law made it a crime ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A Kendall man has been charged with cultivation of marijuana after a grow house consisting of eight plants was found at his home. While not enough marijuana to constitute trafficking in marijuana ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Police in Lake Worth, Florida, have allegedly discovered a home that contained a marijuana grow house yielding 300 plants. The police reportedly discovered the grow house upon a tip. Based partially ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Miami-Dade Police have discovered a marijuana grow house yielding approximately 500 plants in South Miami-Dade County. The man has been charged with trafficking in cannabis (marijuana) after police, ...
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Posted on Sep 23, 2012 By Eric Matheny
CBS Local reports that a Miami home explosion has launched a police investigation into a possible marijuana grow house. Police are looking for the occupants of the home, who were supposedly renters. ...
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Posted on Jul 11, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Florida law provides for a separate charge just for owning, leasing, renting, or possessing a marijuana grow house. Florida Statute section 893.1351 states the following: (1) A person may not own, ...
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Posted on May 23, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A Monroe County man is facing serious charges after police allegedly discovered a marijuana grow house. Monroe County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the accused's home to check out a ...
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Posted on May 2, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A Charlotte County elementary school teacher and her husband have been arrested in a marijuana grow house operation. The two were arrested Sunday at their home in Port Charlotte. They face several ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Boynton Beach police seized 13 marijuana plants Sunday evening from an apparent grow house on Dalton Place. A husband, wife, and roommate were all arrested on drug-related charges. You can be charged ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Eric Matheny
More than 1,300 marijuana plants were collected by Miami-Dade police in a day long sweep of marijuana grow houses. On Wednesday, officers search a number of homes in Miami-Dade suspected of having ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Two people have been arrested after police discovered a marijuana grow house inside a Hollywood home. On Monday, authorities found 36 marijuana plants growing inside the Hollywood, Florida, home after ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Police on Tuesday arrested a woman and turned up 104 marijuana plants at a home investigators say had been converted into an indoor marijuana grow house. Port St. Lucie police showed up to serve a ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2011 By Eric Matheny
WSVN reports that Miami-Dade Police recently executed a search warrant at a suspect marijuana grow house in Southwest Miami-Dade County. According to reports, this search warrant came as part of an ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Miami Herald reports that Florida has become a top producer of hydroponic weed. Hundreds of South Florida homes have become lucrative marijuana grow houses. Last year, more marijuana grow houses ...
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Posted on May 20, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Local 10 reports that Miami-Dade firefighters who were called to a house fire in southwest Miami-Dade County discovered 21 marijuana plants in the back of the home, leading them to believe that it ...
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Posted on Feb 14, 2011 By Eric Matheny
An explosion at a Broward County home Sunday night led firefighters to discover a marijuana grow house inside. Due to the electrical needs of a grow house, explosions are not uncommon due to faulty ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Police in Pembroke Pines, Florida, are investigating a suburban home suspected of being a marijuana grow house. According to reports from news website www.wsvn.com, a search warrant was used to ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Today in Miami-Dade County, a former Miami Beach police officer was sentenced after accepting a plea deal in a marijuana grow house case. The former Miami Beach police officer was charged with ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2010 By Eric Matheny
I often look to the headlines in local Miami/Broward newspapers and websites to see what type of police activity is making the news. I think it's a good indicator of what our local police departments ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Check out this story on www.local10.com, posted on August 25, 2010: BSO: Police Bust 6 Grow Houses 232 Arrested In Crime Crackdown FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- More than 200 people were arrested in a ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2010 By Eric Matheny
In every case involving an allegation of a marijuana grow house, there is a search. By its very nature, the suspect marijuana is allegedly growing inside of a house. So it follows that in order for ...
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Posted on Jun 5, 2010 By Eric Matheny
Ever since the South Florida cocaine boom of the 1980s and 1990s died down, marijuana grow houses have become increasingly popular in Miami-Dade and Broward County. A marijuana grow house is literally ...
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