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TRENTON
- Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal
Justice Director Gregory A. Paw announced
that a Lambertville man was sentenced to
state prison today for cultivating numerous
large marijuana plants on a farm in Delaware
Township.
According
to Director Paw, George Axel Wieschenberg,
46, of Lambertville, was sentenced to six
years in state prison, with two years of
parole ineligibility, by Superior Court
Judge Roger F. Mahon in Hunterdon County.
Wieschenberg
pleaded guilty on Jan. 25 to a first-degree
charge of maintaining or operating a marijuana
production facility, a charge contained
in an Oct. 9, 2007 state grand jury indictment
obtained by the Division of Criminal Justice.
The
charge stemmed from an investigation by
the New Jersey State Police, which started
when a helicopter pilot on a flight spotted
the very large marijuana plants in a secluded
section of the farm on Rosemont Ringoes
Road. State Police detectives obtained evidence
that Wieschenberg was tending to the 18
marijuana plants, watering them and removing
leaves.
In
pleading guilty, Wieschenberg admitted that
he grew the marijuana plants in a wooded
section of the farm in Delaware Township,
where he formerly rented a house. He had
moved out of the house several months prior
to his arrest in September 2007 but had
continued to tend the marijuana crop.
The
case was investigated by Detective Matthew
Mancil of the State Police Marijuana Eradication
Unit, who was assisted by Detective Sergeant
First Class William Peacock and Detective
Dean Carnival. It was prosecuted by Deputy
Attorney General Russell Curley of the Division
of Criminal Justice - Gangs & Organized
Crime Bureau, who handled today’s
sentencing.
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