Teen accused of growing marijuana

A foster care caseworker reports seeing four plants growing on the boy's windowsill.

By Times Staff Writer
Published November 19, 2004

SPRING HILL - A 14-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday morning after a caseworker visiting his home found four marijuana plants growing on his bedroom windowsill.

The teen, whose name is being withheld by the Times because of his age, was charged with cultivation of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance, a Hernando sheriff's report stated.

The worker from Kids Central Inc., a private consortium that handles foster care and related services for at-risk children in the Department of Children and Families' District 13 , also found two plastic bags containing marijuana seeds inside a toolbox and reported the discovery to authorities.

The four marijuana plants were valued at $4,000, according to the report.

The Sheriff's Office placed the drugs into evidence and later released the teenager into his mother's custody. District 13 includes Citrus, Hernando, Marion, Lake and Sumter counties.

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