Residential alarm alerts deputies to marijuana

SULLIVAN COUNTY -  A  72-year-old Graysville man was booked into the Sullivan County Jail this afternoon after deputies discovered several marijuana plants growing outside his home and in nearby woods when officials responded to a residential alarm there.

Charles Hale is charged with possession and cultivating marijuana, a level 6 felony.

"Hale admitted that the marijuana plants were his and that he had a been cultivating them," Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom stated today.

According to the report,  Lt. Wm. Snead was dispatched to a residential alarm on CR 900 W in Graysville at about 1:30 p.m.

Reportedly, after arriving on scene, Lt. Snead  observed marijuana plants growing in a plastic tub outside of the residence, just before Hale arrived to the property. After Hale returned, deputies then conducted a thorough search of the property and found additional marijuana plants growing in the woods not far from the residence.