Wisconsin Hemp Shop Owner Facing 130 Years in Prison for Allegedly Packaging Illegal THC as Legal Hemp Products

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By TG BranfaltSep 1, 2026, 2:33 am61 pts
A Wisconsin hemp shop owner is facing more than 130 years in prison for allegedly falsely packaging, marking, and selling illicit cannabis as hemp-derived THC products that would be legal in the state, GazetteXtra reports. Jerry McCoy faces 13 counts of trafficking illegal THC following police raids on six of…

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