May 3, 2016 - The Mariposa County Sheriff Department reports on Friday, April 29, 2016 the Mariposa County Sheriff’s Deputies served a search warrant on a home in the 3000 block of Granite Springs in the Coulterville area of Mariposa County.
Deputies located an illegal Marijuana grow operation, along with guns, money and drug sale paraphernalia, i.e. scales & baggies.
Charles Howenstine, 68 of Coulterville, was arrested and charged with the following:
11358 HS- Felony Cultivation of Marijuana
11359 HS- Felony Possession of Marijuana with the intent to sell
11357(c) – Misdemeanor Possession of Marijuana
Howenstine was booked in to the Mariposa County Detention Facility on April 29th and released May 3, 2016 on $100,000 bail.
Before and after photos of the grow area.
Source: Mariposa County Sheriff Department
