Top cop cuts $2,000 check over medical marijuana fiasco
PORT ORCHARD, WASH. MAY 28, 2009 -- Last March, a Kitsap County jury acquitted Bruce Olson on charges that he grew more medical marijuana than allowed by state law. During the trial, after the prosecutor attempted to introduce an "example ballast" as evidence, it came to light that the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office had destroyed much of the evidence in the case, including Mr. Olson's growing equipment.
This morning, Mr. Olson met with officials from the Sheriff's Office, who agreed to pay him $2,000 for his grow lights. After signing some paperwork, Mr. Olson walked out of the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office with a check in hand.
