Clearwater man charged with cultivating marijuana

By TBO.com
Published: October 28, 2009

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Narcotics investigators found 149 marijuana plants in a shed behind a Clearwater house on Tuesday, authorities said.

John Haring, 45, who lives in the house at 1949 Byram Drive, was charged with cultivation of marijuana.

Narcotics detectives recently received a tip that marijuana was being grown at the address and contacted Haring, who let them on his property rather than demand they get a search warrant, said Elizabeth Watts, Clearwater's public safety spokeswoman. The plants were discovered in a large utility shed in the back yard.

In October 2007, Haring was arrested at that address and charged with the same crime.