Source: Sacramento Bee (CA) Contact: http://www.sacbee.com/about_us/sacbeemail.html Website: http://www.sacbee.com/ Forum: http://www.sacbee.com/voices/voices_forum.html Copyright: 1999 The Sacramento Bee Pubdate: 1 Jan 1999 Section: Cal Report MARIJUANA CHARGES DISMISSED AGAINST POT ADVOCATE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The district attorney's office has dismissed charges - -- for now -- against a nationally known medical marijuana advocate after police said they found more than $60,000 worth of packaged pot and child pornography in his apartment. Richard Evans, 35, was arrested after police searched his San Francisco home last Friday night. The charges were not permanently dismissed, but were "discharged" pending further review, said John Shanley, a spokesman for District Attorney Terence Hallinan. He said prosecutors planned to decide by next week whether to refile the charges. A silent emergency alarm alerted officers to Evans' apartment, where they said they discovered an elaborate marijuana growing operation. Evans was jailed on charges of cultivation and possession for sale of marijuana and possession of child pornography. Officers responding to the alarm forced their way into the apartment believing it may have been triggered by someone with a medical emergency. - --- MAP posted-by: Mike Gogulski