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OSP Troopers Investigating Deer Poaching Find Marijuana Grow in House in Grant County

Troopers seized the marijuana and other evidence from the home

(JOHN DAY, Ore.) - Oregon State Police troopers from the John Day office are continuing the investigation into a Grant County indoor marijuana grow discovered Tuesday during a deer poaching investigation. Charges related to the marijuana grow are pending in the case in which some of the marijuana plants were found drying above a crib in a room of the house where a pregnant woman resided with the suspect.

On October 12, 2010, OSP Trooper Tom Hutchison was investigating a report of an illegally killed deer and went to a residence on Highway 395 in Long Creek, Oregon. Upon arrival, the trooper noticed an overwhelming odor of marijuana coming from inside the home and knocked on the front door. The door was answered by a 25-year old pregnant woman who lives at the residence with her boyfriend.