Marijuana charges dismissed against former Fitzgerald administrators

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WARREN — Possession of marijuana charges against two former Fitzgerald Public Schools administrators were dropped earlier this month by a Warren judge.

On Sept. 4, 37th District Court Judge John M. Chmura dismissed the charges of possession of marijuana on school property against former Superintendent Hollie Stange and former Food Services Director Amanda Carroll.

On Sept. 5, Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido issued a press release that the Sept. 4 court hearing was to decide a motion on a matter of law. The issue was whether the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, which prohibits possession of marijuana in a school zone, preempted the public health code, which prohibits possession of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school zone.

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