Ex-Geneva Doctor Sentenced For Possessing 110 Pot Plants

KANE COUNTY, IL – A former Geneva doctor has been sentenced to prison for possessing 110 marijuana plants in the basement of his St. Charles home, prosecutors said Friday. Mark G.P. Lewis, 58, of the 0 to 99 block of Squire Lane in St. Charles, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, a Class X felony, and unlawful possession of a firearm without a Firearm Owners Identification Card, a Class 3 felony, earlier this year. Lewis was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison and was ordered to pay a $137,720 fine.

On May 7, 2015, officers from the North Central Narcotics Task Force served a search warrant at Lewis’ St. Charles home. There they found 110 marijuana plants, more than 11,000 grams of processed marijuana, a handgun and ammunition, Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Kelly M. Orland said. At the time, Lewis’ FOID card had been revoked.

Meanwhile, Lewis faces sex assault charges in a separate case that is set to go to trial in July.

Those charges came a year before the Lewis' drug arrest. In the sex assault case, he was arrested at his practice in Geneva in June 2014 for accusations he sexually assaulted a woman he knew at his former St. Charles home following a party, according to the Chicago Tribune.

He is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault, Class X felony, and criminal sexual assault, Class 1 felony.

Lewis has remained in custody since he was arrested in the drug case. Under state law, he is eligible for day-for-day sentencing and will receive credit for 1,029 served in the Kane County jail.

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