Zhi Hui Chen, left, and Mandarin Chinese interpreter Wei Ralph, center, listen as Chen’s attorney Dennis Johnston speaks at right during a probable cause conference on Wednesday in Montcalm County District Court. — DN Photo | Elisabeth Waldon
STANTON — The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act is expected to be used as a defense for at least some of the six defendants charged with multiple illegal commercial marijuana grows in Kent, Montcalm and Newaygo counties.
The six defendants — Fen Chen, Feng Chen, Zhi Hui Chen, Hong Liang Lin, Binbin Weng and Yuliang Wu — are all scheduled to go to a preliminary examination on April 22 in Montcalm County District Court; however, at least two of them have been offered a plea deal by the Montcalm County Prosecutor’s Office which they may accept before the prelim.
Binbin Weng, top right, waits while his Mandarin Chinese interpreter Stephanie Mann is sworn in at left during a probable cause conference on Friday in Montcalm County District Court. Pictured, bottom, are Magistrate Jason Evans, left, defense attorney Elias Muawad, center, and Montcalm County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Hekman. — DN Photo | Elisabeth Waldon
Detectives from the Central Michigan Enforcement Team (CMET) executed search warrants and arrested the six men in mid-March at what police called “residential commercial marijuana grow locations” after a 10-month investigation. More than 3,000 marijuana plants, 150 pounds of…
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Zhi Hui Chen, left, and Mandarin Chinese interpreter Wei Ralph, center, listen as Chen’s attorney Dennis Johnston speaks at right during a probable cause conference on Wednesday in Montcalm County District Court. — DN Photo | Elisabeth Waldon
STANTON — The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act is expected to be used as a defense for at least some of the six defendants charged with multiple illegal commercial marijuana grows in Kent, Montcalm and Newaygo counties.
The six defendants — Fen Chen, Feng Chen, Zhi Hui Chen, Hong Liang Lin, Binbin Weng and Yuliang Wu — are all scheduled to go to a preliminary examination on April 22 in Montcalm County District Court; however, at least two of them have been offered a plea deal by the Montcalm County Prosecutor’s Office which they may accept before the prelim.
Binbin Weng, top right, waits while his Mandarin Chinese interpreter Stephanie Mann is sworn in at left during a probable cause conference on Friday in Montcalm County District Court. Pictured, bottom, are Magistrate Jason Evans, left, defense attorney Elias Muawad, center, and Montcalm County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Hekman. — DN Photo | Elisabeth Waldon
Detectives from the Central Michigan Enforcement Team (CMET) executed search warrants and arrested the six men in mid-March at what police called “residential commercial marijuana grow locations” after a 10-month investigation. More than 3,000 marijuana plants, 150 pounds of…
