Humboldt man gets six years in land-for-pot case

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's Office says a Humboldt County man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for growing large quantities of marijuana and buying several pieces of land for other people to cultivate pot.

Rio Dell resident Jordan Pyhtila was sentenced Wednesday as part of a plea agreement. Besides pleading guilty to money laundering and maintaining a place to manufacture marijuana, Pyhtila forfeited four pieces of property and the proceeds from a subdivision he was developing.

Federal prosecutors accused Pyhtila and a 27-year-old co-defendant of leasing land to marijuana growers and using the money to finance an excavating business and real estate deals.

Drug agents found about 4,677 marijuana plants on the land that Pyhtila co-owned or financed.

da da da dam!!!!!!!!! 4600 plants wow.... how he get busted?

4600 PLANTS?? THATS INSANE!
6 years thats alot..

That sucks! However it's part of a grim reality. Now it's up to Pyhtila to prove that his drug business did not support the legit one.

Well as the old judge say before pronouncing sentence of some sports figure who got caught with 11 pounds not long ago and tried to convince the jury it was for personal use, "Son Cheech and Chong could not smoke that much dope." Now that judge needs to have his own comedy show.

Imlovinit said:

That sucks! However it's part of a grim reality. Now it's up to Pyhtila to prove that his drug business did not support the legit one.

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bigwheel said:

Well as the old judge say before pronouncing sentence of some sports figure who got caught with 11 pounds not long ago and tried to convince the jury it was for personal use, "Son Cheech and Chong could not smoke that much dope." Now that judge needs to have his own comedy show.

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I thought Humboldt county was extremely leniant.