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CALHOUN COUNTY FATHER AND SON NETTED ON
MARIJUANA CHARGES
October 20, 2006
CONTACT: Capt. Donald Duval (850) 251-7247
A Calhoun County father and son were jailed
Friday morning in Liberty County after officers found 26 6-foot
marijuana plants in their truck.
John Gordon Layfield, 54, and his son Patrick
Wayne Layfield, 21, of Blountstown, each face felony marijuana
cultivation and possession charges.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission (FWC) Officer Ros Welborn said the pair was stopped
on Forest Road 118 at 7:17 a.m. He said they offered no
resistance to officers.
He said the FWC, Liberty County Sheriff’s Office
and U.S. Forest Service were working in a joint effort to arrest
marijuana growers inside the national forest.
Welborn said officers worked all day Friday
pulling up over 200 additional marijuana plants from several
sites, some of the plants as tall as 8 feet. He said the
estimated street value of the plants is $60,000 - $100,000.
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