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A Happy Valley-Goose Bay man was sentenced Tuesday to a 14-month conditional sentence in a marijuana-growing case that sparked the first-ever charge laid for child endangerment under the Child Youth and Family Services Act in relation to marijuana grows.

Corey Saunders, 34, appeared in provincial court in Happy Valley-Goose Bay Tuesday and pleaded guilty to four charges resulting from a RCMP investigation into a marijuana grow operation in the community in November 2007.

The charges included: cultivation of cannabis marijuana; possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking; trafficking in marijuana; and child endangerment under the Child Youth and Family Services Act.

Saunders is also prohibited from owning a firearm for 10 years.

On Nov. 22, 2007, RCMP executed a search warrant on a residence in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and seized 37 marijuana plants in various stages of growth from seedlings to several feet in height, as well as other marijuana grow paraphernalia.

The RCMP says the charge of child endangerment and guilty plea to it, sets a precedent for the future consideration by law enforcement to apply the section of law. The force says it also serves to enhance the protection of children and provides further deterrents to people from growing marijuana.

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