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The indictment said Joseph Lee Levinson, who runs a law office in Benson, received cash and drugs and used his law office to help the operation.
According to the indictment, Aubrey Manasseh Pruitt, Dustin Garrett Fisher and Jotham Walker Pruitt operated a marijuana “grow” business in Orange County from December 2005 to around December 2010. The indictment lists six different locations that were used to grow marijuana indoors.
The indictment said Fisher grew the marijuana in houses obtained by Levinson and Jotham Pruitt.
The operation was funded by several investors, the government claims, and Levinson received cash and drugs from the operation.
The indictment also said Levinson used his law office to help with the paperwork needed to get the homes.
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