Man sentenced for growing marijuana

WARREN — A Bazetta Township man has been sentenced to two years in prison for growing 121 marijuana plants in his Ivy Hills condominium.

Gerould L. Douce, 42, of 2822 Ivy Hill Circle, received his sentence Monday in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. He could have gotten up to 12 years in prison.

Douce pleaded guilty to attempted illegal cultivation of marijuana with a gun specification and being a felon in possession of a firearm in January before Judge Peter Kontos.

Sgt. Jeff Orr, commander of the Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force, said police received a tip that marijuana was being grown in the condo. When officers went to the condo, which is off of Elm Road, they found growing systems in two of three bedrooms, marijuana hanging from a clothesline over Douce’s bed to dry, and scales.