FORMER AGENT CHARGED WITH GROWING POT

Used To Stop Pot Growing On Public Land

MEDFORD, Ore., Posted 7:31 a.m. April 15, 1998 -- A man who used to stop
people from growing marijuana on federal forest land has been indicted on
charges of growing pot himself.

The U.S. attorney's office says former Forest Service enforcement agent
Walter William Robinson III was indicted for growing 43 marijuana plants in
the Klamath National Forest.

The 46-year-old Robinson left the enforcement division in 1994, but he's
still with the Forest Service in the Happy Camp Ranger District.

Robinson was arrested yesterday by federal officers. He was arraigned in
U.S. District Court in Sacramento and released on $20,000 bail.

If he's convicted, he faces a maximum of five years in prison and a
$250,000 fine.

Copyright 1998 by The Associated Press