Cannabis activist and entrepreneur Charlo Greene has accepted a plea deal tied to felony drug charges from a 2015 police raid on the Alaska Cannabis Club, KTVA reports.
The deal will result in zero jail time for Greene, whose legal name is Charlene Egbe, but it could carry a hefty fine of up to $10,000. Greene pled guilty to a single felony count of misconduct and will not face charges for the 13 other drug-related crimes she was accused of; she will return to court for her sentencing in November.
If she had gone to trial, Greene would have faced a maximum of a 54-year sentence for the charges brought against her.
Greene made national headlines in 2014 when she quit her job as a broadcast journalist for KTVA on live television while giving a report on the Alaska Cannabis Club. During the broadcast, Greene admitted that she was, in fact, the owner of the club and she was quitting her job to fight “for freedom and fairness” by working to legalize marijuana throughout the state.
“Fuck it, I quit,” Greene said then, right before walking off camera.
Alaska voted to legalize adult-use cannabis later that year. The Alaska Cannabis Club was raided after just six months for allegedly illegal cannabis sales.
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