Charges Against 'Habitual Pot Smoker' Bound to Court After Preliminary Hearing

Charges against a Bradford man accused of growing marijuana in his home so he could avoid the high street prices have been bound to court.

Police discovered the marijuana-growing operation at the Jackson Avenue home of 37-year-old Richard Wixson Jr. when they were looking into a report of an underage drinking party in November.

They found about 10 heat lamps shining down on two marijuana plants – one about 6 feet tall; the other about 2 feet tall. Police say there were special pots, tubs, totes, fertilizer, lights “and countless other related growing items in the room. The plants were thriving and about to be harvested with large buds,” according to papers filed in District Judge Dominic Cercone’s office.

“This was a nearly professional hydroponics growing operation,” police said in court papers.

According to the papers Wixson told police he had been growing the marijuana in the attic for about six months. He said he is “a habitual pot smoker and just was trying to avoid high street prices by growing his own.”

Wixson is free on bail.

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