here, i found it, but some of its wrong from what we all saw... news for ya tho... they could only prove he made the money he paid in the restitution, and thats why RPD hates that family so much, atleast they used to...

do the math, 40 pounds per month, at 6000 per pound, is 240k and thats from 1 house... per month... needless to say, he doesnt do it anymore, and doesnt even want his sons hanging out with people that do do it... anyways, he can never own a firearm again either if i remember right.. RPD/DEA/FBI wanted to give him YEARS, but his lawyer got it down to 7, then down to 2 which he served in minimum sec...


KENT -- A Renton homebuilder accused of operating a cross-country marijuana growing and marketing scheme has been sentenced to two years in prison.

John Dinius, 42, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Seattle.

Judge Thomas Zilly said Dinius avoided a standard seven-year sentence because he cooperated with investigators and made a $430,000 restitution payment, which the government rarely sees in drug conspiracy cases.

Dinius pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Dinius might have made as much as $1 million while operating the marijuana ring for six years, said Detective William Sundqvist of the Valley Narcotics Enforcement Team. But he said investigators could only prove that he took in about $430,000.

Dinius was the local manager of a Florida-based pot operation and did not grow or ship the pot himself, prosecutors said.

His lawyer said he became involved after renting a Ravensdale house to growers who produced as much as 40 pounds per month from the house.

A Hollywood, Fla., man, John Mason, was sentenced Friday to six months in a work-release program for transporting the marijuana from Washington to Florida.

Lloyd Libertucci of Elizabethan, Tenn., is to be sentenced next week. He has pleaded guilty to the same charges levied against Dinius.




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