Pubdate: Sat, 25 Apr 2009
Source: London Free Press (CN ON)
Copyright: 2009 The London Free Press
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EMERY PALS PLEAD GUILTY TO POT COUNT

SEATTLE, WA. (CP) -- Two former employees of Vancouver's 
self-proclaimed Prince of Pot have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to 
manufacture marijuana.

The U.S. Attorney's Office says Michelle Rainey and Gregory Keith 
Williams, both of Vancouver, have pleaded guilty.

Thirty-eight-year-old Rainey and 54-year-old Williams were charged 
along with pot advocate Marc Emery in 2005 to selling seeds over the 
Internet. A former Londoner, Emery is scheduled for an extradition 
hearing in Vancouver on June 1.

The U.S. Attorney says that under the terms of the plea agreement, 
they'll recommend sentences of two years' probation at a sentencing 
hearing on July 17.

The office says that between 2003 and 2005, Rainey mailed marijuana 
seeds and growing instructions to customers -- 75% of whom live in the U.S.

Officials say Williams handled phone orders and sold seeds to 
customers coming into Emery's store in Vancouver and on several 
occasions in 2004, sold some to a U.S. Drug Enforcement 
Administration undercover agent.
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