Thursday, May 29, 2008

Centreville, VIRGINIA

What a shining example for students.

Nov 1, 2007 - Leonard Marsh, 50, an assistant principal at Cub Run Elementary School, was arrested an charged with one felony count of manufacturing marijuana. There were no allegations that Marsh sold or distributed marijuana.

Police got a tip and searched the trash outside his Fairfax Station home and found pot residue. After getting a warrant, they searched his home and found a marijuana growing operation. Their news release did not mention that he was a school administrator because there was no allegation of any link to the school. <---- RED FLAG

Full Name: Leonard E. Marsh

Marsh's wife, Jinny S. Marsh, 56, was issued a misdemeanor summons for possession of marijuana and was not arrested. He was placed on administrative leave.

GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCING (sorta) May 29, 2008 - March pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana - a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to six months in jail - not prison - SUSPENDED and 12 months of unsupervised probation.

When police searched the Leonard house in October 2007, they found:

four mason jars of marijuana from a filing cabinet in the basement. Also taken from that cabinet were a scale, packing material, records and documents and smoking devices.

From a workbench in the basement, police seized a jar, a marijuana smoking device, marijuana grinder, records and documents and two small containers of marijuana. Authorities also took "marijuana grow books" from a shelf by the workbench and a box of mason jars from the basement floor.

In addition, police seized marijuana, drug paraphernalia and records and documents from a bedroom, plus marijuana plants, a grow light and timers, as well as notes, records and documents, from an upstairs "grow room."
The lowercase judge who is underserving of the honorific capitalization of a title was judge Stewart Davis.