Utica Police Finds Pot Growing Operation While Responding To Lincoln Ave. Fire

Utica Police were greeted with two situations at one location, when officers responded to the scene of a fire.

On Sunday, the UPD responded to a fire on the 1500 block of Lincoln Avenue, when they were told that there might have been a marijuana growing site on the second floor.

When officers checked, they found a floor to ceiling tent used for growing, with two pot plants inside.

Travis Prince, 22, was arrested and charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana and Unlicensed Growing of Marijuana.