FORT PIERCE — Five men caught snipping “buds” off pot plants in a Port St. Lucie house in May 2008 face up to 11 years in prison after being convicted Friday of cultivating marijuana, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

After a four-day trial at the St. Lucie County Courthouse, a jury deliberated about four hours Thursday evening and Friday morning before reaching guilty verdicts for Reinaldo R. Ramos, 35, of Hialeah, and Jose V. Alvarez-Hernandez, 55, Luis O. Leal, 33, Manuel Gonzalez, 35, and Jose Antonio Blain, 42, all of Miami.
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A Hobe Sound man was arrested after a teen found him unresponsive on the floor of his Stuart home on Thursday.

The 16-year-old boy opened his apartment door shortly after 3:30 p.m. and found 18-year-old Robert Ryne Kriske on the floor of the home on Jake Court, according to a news release from Stuart police.

Police arrived at the apartment just as Kriske had risen and was trying to leave. He later fought with officers and was taken into custody, the release states.

Kriske faces charges of burglary, marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession and resisting arrest. He is being held in the Martin County jail on $6,000 bail.