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Assault Leads To Marijuana Plants in Gallia County


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GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio — (WOUB)  An assault investigation in Gallia County led the sheriff’s department to a marijuana grow operation. 

Picture of a man arrested for crimes in Gallia County
Brandon Logan (Gallia Co. Sheriff’s Office)

According to a press release, authorities were called to a home in Springfield Township Friday evening. They found a man who had been beaten to the point that he had to be transported by an air medical team to a trauma center in Huntington.

Brandon R. Logan, 33, of Bidwell, was arrested by the Gallipolis Police Department and charged with assault.

While executing a search warrant of Logan’s home sheriff’s deputies reportedly found more evidence related to the assault, more than 200 marijuana plants and “elaborate growing equipment.”  Additional charges are expected.