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Ocean Breeze Park man accused of operating marijuana growhouse

May 27th, 2009 by Daphne Duret

Darrell Patrick Brown

Darrell Patrick Brown


OCEAN BREEZE — A hidden camera nestled in the sand dunes at Ocean Breeze park helped detectives arrest a 47-year-old man they say cultivated dozens of marijuana plants just 100 yards away from his home.

According to arrest reports, detectives caught Darrell Patrick Brown tending to a crop of about 66 marijuana plants Tuesday afternoon. Authorities had spotted the plants several days earlier in the park near Jensen Beach and set up a hidden camera to see who was cultivating them.

Martin County Sheriff’s Sgt. John Budensiek went to Brown’s home nearby on 9th Avenue Tuesday and confronted Brown with the video. Budensiek in arrest records said Brown hung his head after the footage ended and said “You got me.”

Brown was arrested on marijuana possession and cultivation charges. He was bring held at the Martin County jail on $10,000 bail.

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One Response to “Ocean Breeze Park man accused of operating marijuana growhouse”

  1. DM Says:
    May 27th, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    GROWHOUSE? In the park? Who proofreads these stories? C’mon give the man a break, only weed. Not like he was cooking meth or selling crack.

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