A 55-year-old New Jersey man whose many marijuana plants were found by police in part because he didn't mow his lawn is now headed to state prison.
Matthew Watts of Boonton received a five-year term Friday. He had pleaded guilty last month to possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute it.
Police say they found at least 50 marijuana plants in Watts' basement in June. They had gone to the home after a concerned neighbor reported she hadn't seen Watts for weeks, adding that no one was collecting his mail and his lawn had grown high.
Watts, who said the marijuana was for his own use, must serve about a year before becoming eligible for parole.
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