Deputies clear out CSL marijuana grow operation

The Jennings County Sheriff’s Department has announced the arrests of two North Vernon residents in an alleged marijuana grow operation.

Deputy Bryan Katterhenry says that on Thursday, the Jennings County Sheriff’s Department received a tip that a marijuana grow was visible

Lional Smith; Photo courtesy of the Jennings County Sheriff's Dept.
Lional Smith; Photo courtesy of the Jennings County Sheriff’s Dept.

through a window of a home in Country Squire Lakes. He says that deputies arrived at the home on Tudor Place, where they could see a large marijuana plant through a window of the home from outside. Katterhenry says that deputies then spoke with the residents, 59-year-old Lional R. Smith and 44-year-old Reva M. Brown. After a search of the home, authorities reportedly seized 22 marijuana plants and several pieces of drug paraphernalia.

The Sheriff’s Department says that Smith and Brown were arrested on preliminary charges of:

Maintaining a Common Nuisance (Level 6 Felony);
Possession of Marijuana (A Misdemeanor);
Possession of Paraphernalia (B Misdemeanor)

Reva Brown; Photo courtesy of the Jennings County Sheriff's Dept.
Reva Brown; Photo courtesy of the Jennings County Sheriff’s Dept.

Both were booked in the Jennings County Jail on $1,055 bond.