A 71-year-old woman was arrested on marijuana charges after a chest-high marijuana plant was found in her yard, a plant she said was meant to keep animals away from her backyard.
A sheriff’s deputy saw the marijuana as he drove past Betty Holt Walker’s home previously this month.
The deputy stopped to examine and found five smaller marijuana plants behind a shed, as well as marijuana stems and seeds, and a water bong made from a soda bottle inside the house, Caliendo said.
Walker told the deputy she found the first plant — which had grown to more than 4 feet tall when he saw it — in her garden and repotted it. She said it was a special plant used to keep animals out of her front yard.
“This wasn’t something that was meant to keep animals away,” Caliendo said.
Walker is due in court Sept. 12 to face charges of manufacturing marijuana and felony possession of marijuana.
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