By Owen Boss
Staff Writer
BELCHERTOWN - A search of an Amherst apartment near Fort River Elementary School uncovered more than two pounds of marijuana and a bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms Thursday.
Jacob D. Canon, 22, of 44 Belchertown Road, Apt. 3B, Amherst, pleaded innocent in Eastern Hampshire District Court to charges of possessing a class D substance (marijuana) with intent to distribute, possessing a class C substance (mushrooms) and committing a drug violation near a school.
According to court documents, at 6:40 p.m., state police Lt. Daniel F. Conley, Trooper Chris Bruneau, Amherst Police Detective Gregory Wise, Hadley police officer David Bertera and Amherst police officer Robert Young went to the apartment after obtaining a search warrant from Eastern Hampshire District Court.
A search reportedly netted two pounds of marijuana hidden in a crawl space, $1,400 concealed in a couch, a digital scale, packaging material, a bag of psilocybin mushrooms and prepackaged marijuana in a backpack.
Judge Laurie MacLeod ordered Canon be released on $500 bail. He is scheduled to reappear in court Dec. 3 for a pretrial hearing.
Owen Boss can be reached at oboss@gazettenet.com.
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