MONROE - The second of three men to be sentenced in connection to growing psychedelic mushrooms in New Glarus has been put on three years of probation.
David Raymond Warner, 24, Madison, pleaded no contest on May 2 to a Class G felony count of manufacturing and delivering psilocybin mushrooms out of a rental home in the 1100 block of 7th Street in New Glarus.
As part of the plea deal, a similar felony possession charge was dismissed, as were charges of maintaining a drug-trafficking place and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Warner is ordered to complete 500 hours of community service, not consume any intoxicants, undergo alcohol and drug counseling and write letters of apology to the New Glarus Police Department and to the owner of the rental home and her family.
One of his co-defendants, William Tyler Wilson, 20, New Glarus, was sentenced in December to three years of probation and four months in jail.
The third co-defendant, Brandon K. Satterstrom, 27, Madison, has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. His next appearance in court is June 19 for a status conference.
Charges were filed against the three men in June, after police followed up on the homeowner's suspicion of drug activity. She later testified she went inside to check on the furnace and discovered the house didn't appear lived-in and was bare except for a couple of chairs and a mattress. In the refrigerator she said she found only a jug of milk and a bag of syringes filled with a clear liquid.
A closet and the door to the basement were locked, with a sign identifying the basement as "Dave's Lair."
Officers reported finding a vast growing operation in the basement. During a sweep of the home with a search warrant, police seized 1,072 Mason jars, 97 syringes, 67 plastic growing trays, about 700 pounds of mushroom substrate and an electric dehydrator. About 2,500 grams, or five and a half pounds, of psilocybin mushrooms were also seized.
Warner is also ordered to obtain and maintain full-time employment or schooling, and not quit without his agent's permission.
David Raymond Warner, 24, Madison, pleaded no contest on May 2 to a Class G felony count of manufacturing and delivering psilocybin mushrooms out of a rental home in the 1100 block of 7th Street in New Glarus.
As part of the plea deal, a similar felony possession charge was dismissed, as were charges of maintaining a drug-trafficking place and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Warner is ordered to complete 500 hours of community service, not consume any intoxicants, undergo alcohol and drug counseling and write letters of apology to the New Glarus Police Department and to the owner of the rental home and her family.
One of his co-defendants, William Tyler Wilson, 20, New Glarus, was sentenced in December to three years of probation and four months in jail.
The third co-defendant, Brandon K. Satterstrom, 27, Madison, has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him. His next appearance in court is June 19 for a status conference.
Charges were filed against the three men in June, after police followed up on the homeowner's suspicion of drug activity. She later testified she went inside to check on the furnace and discovered the house didn't appear lived-in and was bare except for a couple of chairs and a mattress. In the refrigerator she said she found only a jug of milk and a bag of syringes filled with a clear liquid.
A closet and the door to the basement were locked, with a sign identifying the basement as "Dave's Lair."
Officers reported finding a vast growing operation in the basement. During a sweep of the home with a search warrant, police seized 1,072 Mason jars, 97 syringes, 67 plastic growing trays, about 700 pounds of mushroom substrate and an electric dehydrator. About 2,500 grams, or five and a half pounds, of psilocybin mushrooms were also seized.
Warner is also ordered to obtain and maintain full-time employment or schooling, and not quit without his agent's permission.