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PROVIDENCE, R.I., May 17 (UPI) -- A former captain of the Providence College basketball team faces felony drug charges for alleged running a large-scale marijuana growing operation, police said.
Police searched three Providence, R.I., apartment buildings owned by Corey Wright, 37, and seized 85 grams of marijuana and $37,000 in cash from one of the properties where Wright was living on the first floor, The Providence Journal reported Tuesday.
At his arraignment Wright's defense lawyer argued Wright should be released on bail because he is a patient in the state's medical marijuana program.
Under state law, a patient is allowed to have up to 2 1/2 ounces -- about 72 grams -- in his or her possession.
Inspector Jay Andrews, a police prosecutor, alleged Wright was running a significant "grow operation" and should be held without bail.
Defense attorney Scott A. Lutes pointed out that Wright has a license to grow and use marijuana.
"It may very well turn out that he did nothing wrong," he said.
Judge Colleen Hastings ordered Wright held pending a hearing on May 27.
Wright, who grew up in New York City, was a guard and tri-captain for the Providence College Friars in the late 1990s.
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Phil Hughes logged his second career complete game Sunday, holding Detroit to one run in the New York Yankees' 5-1 victory.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 (UPI) --
"Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes, was honored at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards in San Francisco, the organization said.
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