ROUND ROCK, TX — A young man’s baked goods could potentially land him with a harsher punishment than a rapist or a murderer. The teen faces a a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of using unsanctioned ingredients in his cookies and brownies and selling them to eager customers.
According to police, 19-year-old Jacob Lavoro would accommodate customer requests to bake them desserts with a special ingredient — marijuana.
When charging people with drug offenses involving baked goods, Texas law allows police to use the weight of the entire finished product when determining the severity of charge. Even if a trace amount of marijuana was used in a recipe for a pan of brownies, police use the collective weight of all the ingredients — eggs, butter, chocolate, sugar, frosting — and use that figure as the total weight of the “drug” they confiscated. With his desserts weighing approximately 1.5 pounds, he has been charged with a 1ST DEGREE FELONY.
Teen faces potential life sentence in prison for illegal brownie recipe | Police State USA
According to police, 19-year-old Jacob Lavoro would accommodate customer requests to bake them desserts with a special ingredient — marijuana.
When charging people with drug offenses involving baked goods, Texas law allows police to use the weight of the entire finished product when determining the severity of charge. Even if a trace amount of marijuana was used in a recipe for a pan of brownies, police use the collective weight of all the ingredients — eggs, butter, chocolate, sugar, frosting — and use that figure as the total weight of the “drug” they confiscated. With his desserts weighing approximately 1.5 pounds, he has been charged with a 1ST DEGREE FELONY.
Teen faces potential life sentence in prison for illegal brownie recipe | Police State USA