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October 18, 2012

2 charged with growing pot; drugs, rifle found

By Courtney L. Saylor Herald Staff Writer

PYMATUNING TOWNSHIP — Two people face drug charges after police last week discovered a marijuana-growing operation in a Pymatuning Township home.

Police were called at 5:10 p.m. Oct. 11 to 45 Miller Road to assist probation and parole agents after they found a rifle inside the home of John R. Greenawalt.

Agents said they also found false urine on Greenawalt, 23, and smelled marijuana inside the home.

Police went into the basement and found Greenawalt and Samantha M. Wolfe, 18, of 910 Arlington Drive, Pymatuning Township.

Parole agents pointed out a white cabinet containing four suspected marijuana plants, lights and exhaust fans in the bedroom in the basement.

Greenawalt told police his “bowls and stuff” were in a green box on the dresser. Police called the homeowner, who hesitated to give consent to search the home, and they then got a warrant to do so from District Judge Dennis M. Songer, Sharon.

During the search they found: Four marijuana plants, two grow lights, a .22-caliber rifle, a bottle of false urine, shotgun shells, four smoking devices, potting soil, cow manure, four baggies of suspected marijuana, a digital scale, screens and two electric fans.

Police said some of Wolfe’s possessions, including a prescription bottle of medication, were also found in the bedroom.

Greenawalt, 45 Miller Road, was arraigned Tuesday by District Judge Brian Arthur via video from Mercer County Jail, where he is being held after failing to post $35,000 bond.

Greenawalt is charged with four counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, one count of furnishing drug-free urine, six counts of possession of marijuana and nine counts of possession of drug paraphernalia.

He’s scheduled for a preliminary hearing Nov. 7 before Arthur.

Wolfe has not been arraigned and was charged with conspiracy, possession of marijuana and four counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, according to court documents.

According to online court records, Greenawalt is on probation for a 2008 burglary case filed by state police in which he was given 5 year probation. He pleaded guilty to burglarizing American Legion Post 919, Fredonia, along with another man.

 

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