Pubdate: Tue, 22 May 2012
Source: Missoulian (MT)
Copyright: 2012 Missoulian
Contact:  http://www.missoulian.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/720
Author: Gwen Florio

WHITEFISH LANDLORD SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR RENTING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA GROWERS

A Flathead County landlord who rented warehouse space to a marijuana 
grow operation was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in a federal prison.

Jonathan Janetski, 36, of Whitefish, also will be on supervised 
release for three years, and must pay a $100 fine, according to the 
sentence handed down by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy.

"Janetski owned the location and assisted in transforming the 
building into a large marijuana plant-growing facility. ... The 
co-conspirators helped grow hundreds of marijuana plants," the U.S. 
Attorney's Office said in a prepared statement.

Janetski pleaded guilty to maintaining drug-involved premises, a 
charge that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a 
$500 fine, along with three years' supervised release.

Janetski was among several people arrested in federal raids last year 
on medical marijuana businesses around Montana. His case attracted 
attention in the medical marijuana community because he was a 
landlord, not a shop owner.
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