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Show Calf Creek Rancher Pleads Guilty Says He Knew About Marijuana PANGUITCH Eighty-one year-old Bradshaw Bowman entered a guilty plea to production of a controlled substance on Thursday in a Panguitch courtroom where he told the judge that he had knowingly know-ingly allowed his Calf Creek ranch to be used to grow marijuana. The third degree felony carries with it a possible 0-5 years in prison and a $5000 fine. Sixth District Court Judge David Mower, imposed a 90-day jail sentence and $6400 fine which includes the state's mandatory surcharge. He suspended all but 10 days of the jail sentence and $1400 of the fine. Bowman will serve the sentence in increments of two three-day and one four-day incarceration within the next 60 days. Bowman who had been charged with three felony counts and a class B misdemeanor entered into a plea agreement. His attorney Marcus Taylor, Richfield and the state's prosecutor Wallace Lee, Garfield county attorney, worked out the details de-tails of the plea agreement with Bowman and concurred on their recommendations to Judge Mower for sentencing which the judge followed. fol-lowed. He was also placed on supervised su-pervised probation for the next three years with Adult Probation and Parole. The only matter to come before the court on Thursday was the criminal case against Bowman. The charges against him ensued in July 1990 after law enforcement officers of-ficers with the GarfieldKane County Drug Task Force acting on a search warrant found 66 marijuana plants growing about 75 yards from Bowman's residence and labeled marijuana seeds, processed marijuana, mari-juana, and seedling plants at his residence. The state's civil forfeiture case against Bowman which involves seizure of his Calf Creek ranch, a valuable piece of property on the scenic Escalante River, is being handled separately by Kane County Attorney Jim Scarth. That case and its conclusion, however, are an integral part of the plea agreement Bowman made with the state to avoid going to trial. Under the terms of the separate forfeiture agreement, Bowman has six months in which to come up with a cash settlement of$ 120,000. Interest In-terest will start accruing at that point and if his property is not sold or the amount otherwise paid during dur-ing the next 12 months, under the law Garfield County will confiscate the property in lieu of payment. The law provides that the county may seize vehicles or real property used in the commission of a drug-related drug-related crime, with the proceeds on the sale of that property to be used for drug enforcement Kane County Sheriff Maxwell Jackson who now serves as commander com-mander of the GarfieldKane Drug Task Force said Thursday that he was second in command when Bowman's property was searched. He said the state has had ample evidence evi-dence in its case against Bowman case including personal correspondence correspon-dence between Bowman and another family member referring to quantities quanti-ties of marijuana sold, indicating to whom it was sold and the amount to be divided between Bowman and another family member. He added that a hose used to water the marijuana mari-juana patch was connected to a pipe that traveled underground some 75 yards to Bowman's front yard where the valve was located to turn the water on and off. |
