See no charges at all......................:thumbsup::hippy: Over 1000 plants...NO FEDs....So I dont think the feds are going to touch Cali

GRAND JUNCTION ?? A grand jury has declined to bring charges against three Western Colorado marijuana growers, months after the operation was raided following a neighbor's complaint.

Prosecutors asked for charges, including felony marijuana cultivation, against three owners of a medical- marijuana dispensary called Naturals, A Wellness Center.

The growing operation was raided March 9. Officers from the Western Colorado Drug Task Force found 1,080 marijuana plants and asked for patient registry cards to justify that amount of marijuana.

The three owners ?? Cristin Groves, Brian Groves and Sid Squirrell ?? insisted they were following state law and are legal caregivers entitled to grow pot for medical-marijuana patients. The owners shared marijuana registry cards.

A Mesa County grand jury declined to bring charges against three people investigated for a medical marijuana grow operation that was targeted by authorities in March, according to court files made public Friday.

The grand jury returned no indictments when presented with an opportunity Thursday night to level felony counts of cultivation of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, and distribution of marijuana, against Cristin Groves, Brian Groves and Sid Squirrell, all owners of a medical marijuana dispensary, Naturals, A Wellness Center, 624 Rae Lynn Drive.

Squirrell, also a commercial Realtor with Bray & Co., leases a building at 573 W. Crete Circle, where Western Colorado Drug Task Force officers in March found 1,080 marijuana plants. Authorities said they sought a search warrant to determine whether that volume could be justified by the 308 medical-marijuana-registry cards found at the facility. The warrant also allowed Task Force officers to copy all of the registry cards.

??My client has always intended to stay within the law, and he was advised by his (prior) attorney he was operating within the law,? said Stephen Laiche, who represents Squirrell.

??(Law enforcement) has known about this since March, and they continued to let Mr. Squirrell maintain his business,? Laiche said.

Laiche declined comment when asked if Squirrell or Naturals?? other owners agreed to change any practices as a result of the investigation. Squirrell testified before the grand jury on June 17, Laiche said.

Cristin Groves, who along with her husband, Brian, opened Naturals in October 2009, declined to answer questions.

??We are extremely happy that the community, the Grand Jury, was able to weigh the evidence and agree that we are operating within Colorado state law,? Cristin Groves wrote in an e-mail
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