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Life for patient Sheldon Webber has been a dizzying series of ups and downs these past few years. Things appeared to be at their lowest in the summer of 2005, when he lost his Mississippi home to the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. But soon, things were looking up again. California was a land of old acquaintances, and Webber found a place to stay in the home of long-time friend John Berchielli. California was also a land where he could get legal approval for medical cannabis, and he promptly did so. Things were looking up, but in February 2006, they came crashing down again. Berchielli was arrested by local authorities for a garden of approximately 1300 marijuana clones that he had been growing to supply a Sacramento medical marijuana dispensary, and Webber was also charged for helping to tend the garden. The Sacramento District Attorney claimed the plant number exceeded the state?s medical marijuana protections, and the two defendants were found guilty during jury trial. After the disappointing verdict, however, the judge showed leniency ? he gave Berchielli a sentence to be served under house arrest, and let Webber off on time already served. Nonetheless, Webber remains in custody until the resolution of separate charges in Placer County, CA.
Webber, Sheldon Arnold P00030997 / 0710701
c/o Placer Co Jail
2775 Richardson Drive
Auburn, CA 95603
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Sheldon Webber
