![]() Attorney Joe Whittle said in 1989 that 182 tons of marijuana had been seized at 29 sites, including 25 farms outside Kentucky. In Kentucky, Cornbread Mafia leader Johnny Boone faces prison More on this: In some states, pot farmers get a free pass. Some of the sites were guarded by bears and lions and by workers described by the government as a "paramilitary force.” The Cornbread Mafia, a group of mostly Kentuckians, pooled their money, machinery, knowledge and labor to produce $350 million in pot seized in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin, prosecutors said in 1989. Attorney's office said. "In furtherance of the conspiracy, Boone watered and fertilized the plants, and concealed them on a farm in Washington County on Walker Lane near his residence." "Boone admitted yesterday that on May 27, 2008, in Washington County, Kentucky, he conspired with other persons to possess more than 1000 marijuana plants, intending to cultivate and grow the plants and distribute the marijuana when the plants were harvested," a statement from the Western District of Kentucky's U.S. On Tuesday, he pled guilty to one count of superseding information, which carries a maximum five-year prison sentence, a fine of $250,000 and three years of supervised release.īackground: Cornbread Mafia leader Johnny Boone no angel, but he's beloved in central Kentucky ![]() He was brought to the United States in April. The 74-year-old Marion County farmer was arrested in December of 2016 in Canada, after running from authorities for more than eight years. Johnny Boone, the leader of one of the largest domestic marijuana organizations dubbed the "Cornbread Mafia," pleaded guilty in Federal Court Tuesday. ![]() Watch Video: This Kentuckian led the nation's largest pot-growing operation ![]()
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