Legal Medical Marijuana Couple from Oregon Arrested in Utah
Troy Demello, 36, and Karen Michalec, 40 both of the Eugene area were arrested on Sunday in connection with delivering pounds of marijuana to Utah. On Saturday, they were stopped near Unity, Oregon, a tiny town of less than 200 and a short distance from the Idaho border. The deputy that stopped them could smell marijuana and asked them about it. Both of the people in the vehicle said they were card holders and had three pounds of marijuana on them, the legal amount for them to possess, a pound and a half each.
The deputy released them, but called the sheriff of Malheur county, the next county over, to report the situation. County investigators spotted the car in their county and watched as it met up with a vehicle from Utah. The two vehicles spent the night in Ontario and the next morning, the car from Utah was stopped as it headed into Idaho. Both the occupants were arrested.
The Oregon residents who had the police encounter the day before were stopped as they traveled back through Oregon on Highway 26, shortly after the Utah car was stopped and detained.
Even though the Oregon couple had cards and could possess and transport, it is still illegal for them to trade or give the marijuana away to individuals without an Oregon medical marijuana card. They were jailed and charged with unlawful manufacturing of marijuana, unlawful delivery of marijuana and unlawful possession of marijuana and are currently in a Malheur County jail.
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