Authorities: Sussex County Ex-Con Had 140 Pot Plants, Pellet Guns

State Police responding to a domestic dispute found a marijuana grow house that they said was operated by a Sussex County ex-con, authorities said.In addition to 140 marijuana plants, troopers reported finding pellet guns and ammunition -- both of which Steven McKenzie, as a convicted felon, is prohibited from having, they said.

Steven McKenzie
Photo Credit: *Sussex County Jail*

Cecilia Levine

07/01/2020 11:31 a.m.

Troopers responding to McKenzie's Stillwater home on June 21 found plastic bags taped over the windows and smelled raw marijuana, the NJ Herald, citing police records, reports.

A warranted search of the home reportedly turned up the plants, along with the two pellet guns and ammo.

McKenzie was being held in the Sussex County Jail pending a detention hearing Wednesday on charges of operating a drug production facility and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

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