Police arrest man wounded in Oklahoma pot farm slayings

The survivor of a capturing at an Oklahoma marijuana farm that killed four people has been arrested after being launched from a hospital the place he was handled for gunshot wounds.

Yifei Lin, 44, was arrested Wednesday after the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics filed discover to grab the farm west of Hennessey, a city about 55 miles (90 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City.

Lin remained jailed Saturday in line with jail information, though court docket paperwork don’t present that formal costs have but been filed.

Lin’s legal professional, Clay Curtis, mentioned Saturday that he has not been supplied the seemingly costs, although illegally manufacturing and trafficking marijuana are potential and that arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday.

“We maintain our innocence,” Curtis mentioned. “I believe this is all the result of bad advice he was given in how to set up and maintain his company. (Lin) was assured all this was on the up and up.”

Curtis declined to say who was advising Lin in the creation of the enterprise.

The submitting for seizure of the farm alleges Lin is 25% proprietor of the enterprise and was working it beneath an illegally obtained license for rising marijuana for medical functions. The doc says an Oklahoma resident was a “straw” proprietor of 75% of the farm who was paid to be used of his identify to fulfill state residency licensing necessities.

The farm “was used or intended to be used … to facilitate the commission of the illegal cultivation, manufacturing, trafficking and distribution of marijuana,” regardless of being licensed as a medical marijuana rising facility, in line with the doc.

The straw proprietor had no involvement in the operation, has not been charged and voluntarily surrendered to the narcotics bureau his registration for the farm, the submitting acknowledged.

Three males and a lady, all Chinese nationals as is Lin, have been “executed” in the Nov. 20 capturing in a storage on the farm, police have mentioned.

The suspect in the capturing, Chen Wu, 45, was arrested in Florida two days later and has been charged with 4 counts of first-degree homicide and one depend of assault and battery with a lethal weapon.

A not responsible plea has been entered for Wu, who stays jailed with out bail.

Wu had demanded $300,000 be returned to him as a portion of his funding in the farm, prosecutors mentioned in court docket paperwork, and he opened hearth when the cash couldn’t be given to him instantly.

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