Recently, PANT detectives received information from several sources regarding on going marijuana cultivation on a parcel in Juniper Woods Ranch, in Ash Fork. YCSO spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn says during the course of the investigation, detectives learned that 50-year-old Thomas Vincent Williams had recruited ‘patients’ in an attempt to legitimize his business under medical marijuana statues. Additionally, D’Evelyn says PANT detectives learned Thomas was recently arrested for transporting 21 pounds of marijuana by the out of state while carrying several thousand dollars in cash. Thomas had caregiver/cultivation status but it had since expired. Thursday, D’Evelyn says detectives obtained a search warrant for Thomas’ home in Paulden and the cultivation location in Ash Fork. At the Paulden home, detectives found a Butane Hash Oil* lab and Thomas admitted manufacturing marijuana wax, hash and oil. Approximately 75 grams of marijuana wax and nearly 70 pounds of marijuana in various stages of processing were also seized. At the Juniper Woods location, detectives seized 144 marijuana plants. D’Evelyn says Thomas was arrested and booked into the Camp Detention Center on charges including Manufacturing/Sales of Marijuana, Manufacturing a Narcotic, and a Weapons Offense regarding a firearm seized. He is being held without bond.
