Marijuana Grow Operation Near Burr Ridge: Cops

Burr Ridge IL

13 April, 2021

12:48 PM

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BURR RIDGE, IL — Authorities uncovered a large illegal marijuana growing operation just outside of Burr Ridge last week, officials said Tuesday. Acting on a tip from an outside agency, DuPage County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant about 6 a.m. Friday at a house in the 10S200 block of Skyline Drive, according to a sheriff's news release. The house is in an unincorporated area near Burr Ridge. During the search, officers found illegal marijuana plants, weapons and ammunition, the release said. Peterson did not have a firearm owner's identification, or FOID, card, authorities said. Eric D. Peterson, 42, who lives in the Skyline Drive house, turned himself in Monday morning, according to the release. He was wanted on a $50,000 arrest warrant. He posted the required $5,000 and was released, authorities said. The sheriff's office said additional charges are expected as the investigation continues. "While possession and use of cannabis is legal in Illinois, it is still illegal to grow and possess in the amounts alleged in this case," DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said in the release. In Illinois, medical marijuana patients are legally allowed to grow five plants at a time and these plants cannot be more than 5 inches tall. But non-patients are not allowed to grow marijuana at home. Peterson was charged with manufacture or delivery of 2,000 to 5,000 grams of marijuana, possession of 2,000 to 5,000 grams of marijuana, producing or possessing more than 20 but less than 50 marijuana plants, two misdemeanor accounts of possession of a firearm without a valid FOID card and a misdemeanor count of possession of ammunition without a valid FOID card.