Final sentencing in Naples pot grow
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March 7, 2013 |
Justin Edward Egner, 36, of Springfield, Oregon,
the fifth defendant in a multi-state marijuana
trafficking operation, was sentenced March 5 in
United States District Court in Coeur d’Alene.
U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced
Egner to 40 months in prison followed by four
years of supervised release for conspiracy to
manufacture and possess with intent to
distribute marijuana. Judge Lodge also ordered
Egner to forfeit $75,000 and a number of
vehicles to the United States.
He pleaded guilty to the charges in September
2012.
Court documents and statements made during the
plea hearing indicate that between January 2008
and July 2010, Egner conspired with others,
including co-defendants, to grow marijuana on
property owned by Robert Baucum in Naples.
The conspiracy involved at least 100 kilograms
of marijuana. During the investigation, law
enforcement officers seized marijuana, marijuana
growing equipment, vehicles, over $50,000 in
currency and precious metals, and over $1
million in real estate.
In November 2012, four co-conspirators were
sentenced to serve federal prison sentences.
Robert Wayne Baucum, 57, of Scio, Oregon, was
sentenced to 70 months; Charles Albert
Goodenough, 41, of Houston, Alaska, to 37
months; Ronald Clifford Underwood, 55 of Albany,
Oregon, to 34 months; and Raymond Earl Hogle,
51, of Albany, Oregon, to 21 months.
The men were also ordered to serve between three
and five years of supervised release following
their prison terms.
The case was investigated by the Idaho State
Police, Boundary County Sheriff’s Office, the
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Internal
Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Linn
County Sheriff’s Office (Oregon), and the Alaska
State Troopers.
The investigation was the result of a joint
investigation of the Organized Crime and Drug
Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The OCDETF
program is a federal multi-agency,
multi-jurisdictional task force that supplies
supplemental federal funding to federal and
state agencies involved in the identification,
investigation and prosecution of major drug
trafficking organizations. |
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