A University senior was arrested Wednesday and charged with having 365 marijuana plants in a house he allegedly rented to grow the drug, the Eugene Police Department said.
Human physiology major Michael Brandon Malloy, 21, was cited for manufacturing, delivering and
possessing a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school, EPD spokeswoman Pam Olshanski said.
Under state law, Malloy faces prosecution for a felony carrying
up to a 20-year prison sentence and a $100,000 fine, penalties that can be elevated because the rented house at 3775 Kincaid St. is next to Parker Elementary School.
Malloy was cited but not jailed because he cooperated with police, Olshanski said, and he had no
criminal history.
After smelling marijuana while attempting to serve legal documents to a former resident, police searched the house on Kincaid Street and found more than 300 marijuana plants, ranging from 2 inches to 3 feet in height, budding and nearly ready to harvest, police said.
An additional 3 to 4 ounces of dried marijuana were confiscated from a residence near West 11th
Avenue and Taylor Street, where Malloy allegedly lived while renting the house on Kincaid Street,
Olshanski said.

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