MARIJUANA DEALER ARRESTED BY STREET CRIMES DETECTIVES
Posted: September 28th, 2011 11:24 AM
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A two-month Marion County Sheriff's Office investigation led to the arrest of a 34-year old Silverton man on Tuesday evening.
Arrested without incident and booked into the Marion County Jail was Matthew Michael Marquis. He was charged with four counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana), four counts of Delivery of a Controlled Substance (marijuana) within 1000' of a school, and being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm.
Detectives from the Street Crimes unit conducted the covert investigation and served a search warrant on Marquis' home in the 900 block of Pine Street in Silverton at 5:45pm.
The basement of the home was dedicated to growing marijuana and was equipped with an elaborate system for lighting and watering the plants. PGE technicians & the Silverton Fire Marshall deemed the electrical wiring so hazardous; the power to the house was turned off until the wiring could be removed.
The search of his residence revealed 99 marijuana plants, 4.25 pounds of packaged dried marijuana, approximately $1900 in cash, scales and packaging materials. The street value of the marijuana is approximately $300,000.
The suspect's home is just down the street from The Community Roots School on North James Avenue.
Marquis is being held on $250,000 bail, and is scheduled for court at 3:00pm, Wednesday, in the Marion County Court Annex.
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