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   From the Statesman-Journal (Salem, Oregon) - July 19, 2007   
      
   More than $340,000 worth of marijuana was seized and two medical   
   marijuana providers were arrested along with another woman earlier this   
   week by Salem police.   
      
   The arrests, by detectives of the Salem Police Department Street Crimes   
   and Drug Activity Response Team, were part of a two-week investigation   
   of West Salem and Independence residents, Lt. Jim Anglemier said.   
      
   Michelle Marchand, 33, and Sharon Biggar, 39, both of Independence, were   
   arrested Monday after they delivered 1 pound of marijuana near River and   
   Riverdale Roads in Independence.   
      
   Assisted by the Polk County Inter-Agency Narcotics Team, police then   
   searched the Independence home of Marchand and Biggar. Detectives seized   
   2 pounds of marijuana, 23 grams of hashish and three firearms.   
      
   Marchand, a medical marijuana provider, was out of compliance by   
   unlawfully selling marijuana and exceeding her allotment, Anglemier   
   said. Marchand's three children, ages 3, 12 and 14, were taken into   
   protective custody.   
      
   Detectives also arrested David Edgar, who lives in the 200 block of Eola   
   Drive NW in West Salem.   
      
   Edgar, a medical marijuana provider, also was out of compliance. Police   
   found more than 7 pounds of dried marijuana worth $28,000 and 100   
   immature marijuana plants worth more than $300,000, among other drugs.   
      
   Marchand and Biggar were charged with unlawful possession of marijuana,   
   maintaining a place where drugs are used and three counts of endangering   
   the welfare of a minor, among other charges.   
   Biggar also was charged with three counts of first-degree child neglect.   
      
   Edgar was charged with unlawful delivery of marijuana, unlawful   
   possession of marijuana and unlawful manufacture of marijuana.   
      
   "When they're medical marijuana providers, then they're to be growing a   
   specific number of plants for a specific person," Anglemier said. "And   
   if they get outside of that, whether it's by too many plants or they're   
   selling it to other people, then that puts them outside of their   
   compliance."   
      
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