| The Grantsville Detachment of the WV State Police made a drug bust at Chloe on July 27, arresting a Chloe woman after police discovered five marijuana plants growing in her garden.
Janet Siers (Castle) 59, was first charged with a felony count for the manufacture of marijuana, but the charge was dropped to a possession charge, a misdemeanor.
Court records indicate she was fined $165, and placed on two years of unsupervised probation.
Siers is well-known to Hur Herald and Calhoun Chronicle readers for her Chloe News column.
Sgt. O. S. Starsick, in a criminal complaint, said officers went to the residence after a confidential source indicated Siers was growing marijuana around her residence.
Starsick said Siers first advised she did not have any marijuana, according to the complaint, but then gave the officers permission to look around the residence.
State Police then discovered five marijuana plants growing in her garden, about 40 yards from the residence.
The complaint says, "After discovering the marijuana plants, the defendant admitted that the plants were hers and that she was growing them in her garden because 'obvious is oblivious,' and she did not believe the plants would be discovered."
A photo of Trooper 1st Class J. E. Kincaid appears in this week's Calhoun Chronicle with the five plants, saying they are worth $10,000.
Jason Kyle Conrad, 30, was arrested by Sgt. O. S. Starsick on a weapons violation charge, violating a statue that he should not possess a weapon.
Conrad is currently in Central Regional Jail on the weapons charge, on $2,000 bond.
The criminal complaint says Conrad was in possession of a Remington Model 700.270 rifle.
Police say Conrad has also been charged in Gilmer County with driving expired, no insurance, leaving the scene of an accident and driving suspended. Bond on those offenses have been set at $3,500.
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