More than 600 marijuana plants valued at $5,000 with a street value of $3 million were seized in the investigation.
The Associated Press
Sentencing has been delayed for a 17-year-old Mason High School student who authorities called one of the most prolific drug dealers in the Cincinnati area.
Warren County Juvenile Court Judge Mike Powell rescheduled Tuesday’s sentencing of Tyler Pagenstecher of Mason to Oct. 22. The teen is accused of taking part in $3 million marijuana ring.
The move came at the request of Pagenstecher’s attorney. He told the judge that the teen was doing well in an “intensive” substance abuse program that ends Oct. 11, and he wanted him to continue the treatment uninterrupted.
Pagenstecher has pleaded guilty to drug-trafficking charges and faces imprisonment in a juvenile jail until he turns 21.
Authorities say he played a major role in a drug ring that sold as much as $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to fellow high school students in and around Mason.
