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4-Foot Pot Plant Yields Drug Charges For Riverview Couple

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Published: July 16, 2008

Moneca Batchelder

Stephen Batchelder

TAMPA - While searching a Riverview home Tuesday afternoon, Hillsborough County deputies found a 4-foot marijuana plant under a grow light and marijuana clippings in an entertainment center, deputies say.

The marijuana was in the same home where a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old live, according to an arrest affidavit.

Deputies arrested Moneca Batchelder, 25, and Stephen Batchelder, 25, at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday after executing a search warrant at their home, 10537 Opus Drive.

Each was charged with cultivation of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of a controlled substance in the presence of a minor.

They were being held at Orient Road Jail. Bail for each was set at $4,500.

The affidavit does not say what happened to the children.

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