06-06-2017 03:48 via ktva.com

Man sentenced in pot grow that damaged Native American site

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a Mexican citizen has been sentenced to over two years in prison in connection with a large-scale marijuana operation that damaged a Native American site in California.
A judge in Fresno on Monday also ordered 30-year-old Carlos Piedra-Murillo to pay over $5,000 to the U.S. Forest Service to help with repairs.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Piedra cultivated marijuana in the Domeland Wilderness area in Sequoia National Forest between May
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