Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Two Surrender on Charges of Growing Hallucinogenic Mushrooms

Peppin and Roger Denault surrendered at the Washoe County sheriff's office on Tuesday. They were booked and released after posting $25,000 bond each. Neither Peppin, 51, of Sparks, nor Denault, 50, of Portland, Ore., was accompanied by an attorney.

A criminal complaint filed March 25 charged the men with trafficking in a controlled substance and with cultivating the illegal mushrooms in the garage of a mobile home rented by Peppin in Washoe Valley. The exact value of the crop still has not been calculated.

Both men could face a maximum life sentence that requires that they serve at least 10 years before becoming eligible for parole.

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