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$145K Pot Bust at Temple College students growing and selling marijuana

By  VINCE LATTANZIO

Updated 5:50 PM EDT, Sat, Nov 22, 2008

Philadelphia Police confiscated over $157,000 in drugs.

 

Four “green” entrepreneurs living right off the Temple University campus were arrested Tuesday for growing and selling hydro-ponic marijuana, according to Philadelphia Police Wednesday.

Narcotics officers descended onto the 2200 block of North Camac Street in North Philly and found 16 lbs (7,264 grams) of pot with a street value of $145,280. There were also 9 live marijuana plants in the house worth more than $12,000.

Kevin Mastridge, Michael Deltito, Marcella Gringeri and Jeremy Harris were all charged with Possession with the Intent to Deliver, Use of Communication Faculty, Criminal Conspiracy and related offenses.

Three of the four arrested were college students. Mastridge and Deltito are students at Temple University. Gringeri is a student at La Salle University.

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  • Anonymous Thursday, Jun 25 at 7:44 AM FLAG COMMENT They are losers. They all need to get a real JOB. Dealing drugs is not exceptable.
  • imcool.trustme Friday, Feb 6 at 9:15 PM FLAG COMMENT it sucks these people got arrested for growing a naturally growing plant...Republicans suck..America would accomplish so much more if we didn't have these dumb asses getting in the way of our need to be progressive world. and if your reading this thinking, weeds a drug. then your a D-bag who needs to do their research. I'm sorry i may sound angry. put you guys suck at everything
  • bluray Friday, Dec 5 at 12:35 AM FLAG COMMENT These were good kids that i knew very well and they don't deserve to be treated like this. Look at the pictures of the bust posted on some of the sites. That is clearly not 16 pounds of weed it looks like less then 5. and 16 lbs would be at most 40,000 dollars not 145,000 this is crazy. look at the plants thats also clearly not hydroponic you can see the soil. clear case of the cops making up a story to make them seem producti ... MORE >
  • Anonymous Tuesday, Dec 2 at 7:03 PM FLAG COMMENT They were really nice dudes. I'd known one of them since my freshman year. They don't deserve it.
  • Anonymous Thursday, Nov 27 at 10:40 AM FLAG COMMENT hail to our fallen hereos

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