Crime Report
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Woman: Pot-growing was due to hard times

MARATHON -- Hard times and upcoming property taxes due apparently drove a woman to spearhead a marijuana growing operation, according to a press release from Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Deputy Becky Herrin.

Maricela Delgado, 45, was charged with cultivation of marijuana, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Two men at the house were a...

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