NEW YORK - A suburban
New York mom charged with growing thousands of marijuana plants worth millions
of dollars has been released from jail.
Andrea Sanderlin was released on $500,000 bond. She pleaded
not guilty last week in Brooklyn federal court.
The charges sound like a real-life version of the Showtime
series "Weeds," which chronicled a California woman's decision to
grow pot to support her family.
Sanderlin's attorney has said it was not a case of art
imitating life. He said she is a mother of three children who should be
presumed innocent.
Federal prosecutors have compared the woman to a Colombian
drug lord. Officials said a warehouse connected to Sanderlin had more than
2,800 pot plants inside. Authorities said the plants were worth $3 million on
the street.
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