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Fined 10 Grand For $50 dollars Worth Of Weed
posted (September 23, 2010)
19 year old Julian Vaccaro was charged with attempting to smuggle 55 grams about two ounces of marijuana into the prison in April. Vaccaro who changed her plea from not guilty to guilty in the middle of her trial will pay dearly for that decision. A prison officer conducted a search of the 19 year old who was visiting her boyfriend, and discovered 4 parcels wrapped in transparent tape containing cannabis. Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazier fined her Ten Thousand dollars to be paid by December 31st of this year. If she defaults on payment, she will serve 3 years in prison. The 55 grams of cannabis is said to have a street value of only Fifty dollars.

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