Prosecutor’s parents face charges in Nebraska marijuana bust

Chittenden County Deputy State’s Attorney Justin Jiron. File photo by Elizabeth Hewitt/VTDigger
BURLINGTON — The Chittenden County state’s attorney is sticking up for one of her deputies whose parents are charged with trying to bring about 60 pounds of marijuana through Nebraska to Boston and eventually Vermont.
Sheriff’s deputies in Nebraska said they pulled over Patrick Jiron, 80, and Barbara Jiron, 70, of Clearlake Oaks, California, on a traffic violation Dec. 19 and c