Landlord faces jail over tenants' medical marijuana operation
Source: Missoulian
Evan Corum of Whitefish got six months in federal prison and another six of house arrest after federal agents busted his medical marijuana operation last year. Michael Kassner of Kalispell got a year and a day for his involvement in another medical cannabis case. So did Tyler Roe. Jonathan Janetski, charged along with Kassner and Roe, is looking at up to three years in prison, according to his lawyer, Todd Glazier of Kalispell.
But, he says: Janetski didn’t grow marijuana. He didn’t sell it. He was the landlord. “He has no criminal history,” Glazier said. “He just rented to some people.”
To the best of Glazier’s knowledge, Janetski is the only landlord charged as the result of two rounds of federal search warrants executed on medical marijuana operations in Montana last year. Glazier said Janetski’s experience offers a cautionary tale to others who saw medical marijuana businesses as a welcome port in recession-tossed real estate seas.
... Janetski is scheduled to be sentenced April 19 on a charge of maintaining drug-involved premises. Although that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, along with three years’ supervised release, Glazier said the sentencing guidelines mean his client is likely looking at a recommendation of 30 to 36 months in federal prison. “He would end up … serving more time than the actual people who manufactured the marijuana,” Glazier said.
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