Left to right, Greta Johnson and Michelle Dawn Bettencourt
Chaptico, MD – On Sept. 1 St. Mary’s County Vice/Narcotics detectives received information Greta Johnson, 65 of Chaptico was growing marijuana outside her home.
A search warrant was executed on her home and numerous plants in various stages of cultivation and drying product were recovered from inside and outside the home. The value of the marijuana seized was approximately $9,000.
Grow instructions and paraphernalia, along with a handgun and long guns, were recovered from the home. Johnson was charged and detectives are working with State’s Attorney Richard D. Fritz to confirm Johnson is prohibited to possess firearms from a prior conviction.
In another drug case, St. Mary’s County authorities announced Michelle Dawn Bettencourt, 44 of Mechanicsville, was indicted and subsequently arrested for numerous counts of prescription fraud. Bettencourt was charged for submitting fraudulent and forged prescriptions on at least three occasions where she obtained “Percocet”. Additional charges are pending locally and in other jurisdictions for similar crimes.
