Office of the Attorney General: Piscataway Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Operating a Marijuana Production Facility

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

July 28, 2008

TRENTON - Attorney General Anne Milgram and Criminal Justice Director Deborah Gramiccioni announced that a Piscataway man was sentenced to prison today for operating a large-scale marijuana growing facility inside his home.

According to Director Gramiccioni, Timothy Gordon, 42, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison with 40 months of parole ineligibility by Superior Court Judge Frederick P. DeVesa in Middlesex County. Gordon pleaded guilty on April 4 to first-degree charges of operating a marijuana production facility and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

Deputy Attorney General Russell Curley prosecuted the case for the Division of Criminal Justice Gangs & Organized Crime Bureau. The charges resulted from an investigation by the New Jersey State Police Marijuana Eradication Unit, assisted by the Piscataway Police, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.

State Police detectives, assisted by members of the other participating agencies, executed a search warrant at Gordon’s house on Penrose Lane on March 11 and discovered more than 500 marijuana plants growing inside the house. Gordon had extensive equipment and supplies to grow the marijuana, including grow lamps, ventilation systems and equipment for growing plants hydroponically in a solution of water and nutrients. A single mature marijuana plant can generate up to $2,000 in drug sales.