Marijuana Grow Site Found in Little Egg, Atlantic County Man Arrested

An Atlantic County man was arrested after authorities say they tied him to a marijuana grow site in Little Egg Harbor.

The exact location of the site wasn't identified, but Ocean County Prosecutor Marlene Lynch Ford said Thursday that it was located in a wooded area in the township.

Detectives from the Prosecutor’s Special Operations Group along with members of the Little Egg Harbor Police Department and the New Jersey State Police arrested Jon M. Peditt, 51, after he was "observed tending to more than seventeen marijuana plants in the wooded area," Ford said.

On Tuesday, members of those agencies as well as the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office then executed a search warrant at 6047 Black Horse Pike, Apartment 5, in Mays Landing, where they seized three pounds of marijuana.

Peditt, who lived in the apartment, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, possession of over five pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute and maintaining a drug production facility.

Superior Court Judge Wendel Daniels, sitting in Toms River, set Peditto’s bail at $150,000 cash. Peditto was not listed as an inmate Thursday, according to jail records.

The Ocean County Sheriff's Department Criminal Investigations Unit as well as its K-9 unit assisted in the case.