Stuart attorney Willie Gary’s son released on $10,000 bond on charge of growing marijuana
October 29th, 2009 by TCPalm.comHOBE SOUND — A son of prominent attorney Willie Gary of Stuart and a Hobe Sound man were arrested Tuesday after the Martin County Sheriff’s Office raided a Hobe Sound home used as a marijuana grow house, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Kobie Gary, 30, of Jensen Beach, and Stephen Shepherd, 33, a tenant at the $125,030 home in the 7200 block of Mulberry Drive, were each charged with cultivation of cannabis and possession of marijuana over 20 grams.
Both Gary and Shepherd posted $10,000 bond and were released about 10 p.m. Tuesday, officials said.
Neither commented as they were walked in handcuffs from the single-story three-bedroom house in the working class Hobe Heights community to an unmarked car before being taken to the sheriff’s headquarters where they were to be further interviewed by investigators.
The Sheriff’s Office raided the rented home about 3:15 p.m. and seized more than 254 marijuana plants in various stages of growth and equipment to grow it from seeds, said Sgt. John Budensiek of the Sheriff’s Office special investigations unit. The marijuana has a street value of about $100,000, he added.
“We know it’s been here at least three months at this house,” Budensiek said.
He declined to comment if others were involved.
The unit began investigating what they called “this group” in April, based upon a tip from a confidential source, tracking them from Port St. Lucie, Budensiek said. They lost track of the group until about a month ago when a neighbor called, reporting the odor of marijuana and odd activities at the house, he said.
“We’ve been surveilling the house, like 24-hour surveillance for the last couple of weeks, and today we came here when Mr. Gary arrived at the house,” Budensiek said.
Deputies served a warrant on the home and arrested Gary and Shepherd as Gary was leaving the house. Neither resisted, Budensiek said.
Two years ago, Willie Gary announced he and Kobie Gary were joining efforts to redevelop Indiantown, starting with town houses at the entrance to Booker Park and working up to single-family houses on West Farm Road.
Willie Gary was not immediately available for comment Tuesday.
Last year, Montii Delevyon Phillips, 26, of Fort Pierce, received two life sentences, with five additional years tacked on, for an armed robbery at Kobie Gary’s Port St. Lucie home.
According to authorities, Phillips was one of three men, one armed with an assault rifle, who attacked Kobie Gary and his girlfriend at their home. Gary and the woman were bound with duct tape, and Gary was hit on the head as the men took $2,500 in cash, a .357-caliber handgun, a watch, wallet, jewelry and a purse.
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October 29th, 2009 at 9:17 am
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October 29th, 2009 at 11:16 am
This was truly a grow house for sales. If marijuana were legalized for medicinal purposes, they would have only had a certain number of plants. These people were not in it for personal use. They were using it for financial purposes. I think that Gary will get a light sentence due to the fact that his father is an atty. Someone has to draw the the line somewhere. Legalize it and there won’t be near as many grow houses. If I had my choices, I would rather be on marijuana than all of the narcotics I am on for medicinal purposes.
October 29th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Just legalize it. I really don’t care if someone grows one million marijuana plants. It is none of my business. The only thing the government should be concerned about here is collecting the sales and income taxes.
Obviously, there is plenty of demand for marijuana. There is no reason people should not be able to produce and consume this safe herb.
I hope Willie Gary will not just work to get his son off, but to repeal inhumane marijuana laws.
October 30th, 2009 at 8:08 am
wonder how many times big Willie used this grow house to shag is filthy white whores?
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