Town: Pot Paintings On House Not Illegal

[The Straight Story]

Town: Pot Paintings On House Not Illegal

POSTED: 7:25 am EST March 17, 2006
UPDATED: 8:14 am EST March 17, 2006

WINSTED, Conn. -- Having marijuana in your house is illegal, but having marijuana images on your house is not, according to town officials.

Five months after Christopher Seekins was arrested and charged with cultivating marijuana in his home, neighbors have complained about the giant marijuana leaves he has spray-painted on the outside of his home on High Street.

"There's no reason anybody should have a problem with it," Seekins said Wednesday.

Town officials said the marijuana paintings apparently do not conflict with local laws.

"There's nothing in the property maintenance code that deals with writing on your house," Joe Beadle, chief code enforcement officer, said.

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