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Wed Aug 17, 2016, 08:17 PM Aug 2016

NJ Weedman to sue over ‘false arrest’

TRENTON >> Ed Forchion once brought new meaning to the words “high culture.”

The down-with-earth marijuana activist last year opened his own restaurant, NJ Weedman’s Joint, providing Trenton with a unique blend of cannabis and cuisine.

Now, NJ Weedman is coming down from a bad high – and looking for the courts to save his life and keep alive his once-bustling downtown Trenton businesses.

Forchion and attorney Edward Heyburn have put the city on notice of their intent to sue over Forchion’s “false arrest,” which he says tarnished his reputation and cast a police-produced pall over his restaurant, smoke shop and pot temple, according to a tort claim notice obtained by The Trentonian.

Read more: http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20160817/nj-weedman-to-sue-over-false-arrest

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