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Navarre pot photographer sentenced
02.27.07|Pensacola News Journal

A man who took photos of his marijuana plants to a local photo lab for processing has been sentenced to 24 months' probation.

Willrob Canby Gibson, 37, of the 8100 block of Tortuga Street in Navarre, pleaded no contest to marijuana cultivation charges Monday before Santa Rosa Circuit Judge Gary Bergosh.

In addition to probation, Gibson will also be required to perform 50 hours of community service, pay court costs, undergo substance abuse education and training, abstain from the use of drugs and alcohol, undergo routine drug testing and possess no weapons.

In October 2006, Santa Rosa County deputies found about 30 plants and more than $30,000 worth of marijuana in Gibson�s home after a local photo lab alerted them to photos Gibson had brought in for processing.

Gibson admitted he took the photographs and told deputies he was growing marijuana for his use.

Deputies also found three growing cabinets with artificial lights, a drying machine, the plants, a large amount of dried marijuana, growing chemicals and fertilizers.