Sean Paul Wyrsch, Conspiracy to Manufacture and Distribute Marijuana, Oregon 2020
Bend, Oregon resident Sean Paul Wyrsch, 32 years old, has been sentenced to 36 months' imprisonment for running an illicit Butane Honey Oil (BHO) extraction lab on rural Bend property.
According to court documents, Wyrsch and his brother, Jacob Genaro Robe, created a vertical operation growing marijuana, manufacturing BHO, and distributing it in other states for significant profit.
On March 27, 2018, an Oregon State Police trooper stopped Jacob Robe for a traffic violation near Klamath Falls, Oregon. The officer recognized signs of drug trafficking and eventually located more than $20,000 in cash, BHO, and hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team had previously received information regarding defendant and his brothers having a BHO lab and selling BHO in other states, and detectives served a search warrant on the brothers' rural property in Bend, Oregon. Also found were freezers with marijuana, drying racks with sheets of BHO, and jars with their logo 'THE BHOys.'
In an unattached two-story structure approximately 179 large, mature, marijuana plants were located along with around 280 starter plants. Law enforcement located an indoor marijuana grow with hundreds of plants, a closed-loop BHO lab, 18 pounds of BHO, 200 pounds of marijuana, and thirteen firearms.
On November 25, 2019, Wyrsch was charged by information, and on January 29, 2020, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana.
The Drug Enforcement Administration, Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team, and Oregon State Police investigated this case. It was prosecuted by Jeffrey S. Sweet, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon, and the Deschutes County District Attorney's Office.
Sean Paul Wyrsch's sentencing follows the sentencing of his brother and co-defendant Jacob Genaro Robe, on October 27, 2020, who also received a sentence of three years imprisonment.
Key Facts
- State: Oregon
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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