Sparta tried to keep medical pot settlement quiet
The township and its publicly funded insurer tried to use $37,500 of taxpayer money to buy the silence of a medical pot user who sued the police department three years ago for entering his home without a warrant and later arresting him for marijuana possession.
However, the township’s attempt to procure a gag order backfired after the parties found themselves at an impasse over the details of the proposed confidentiality clause, resulting in the entire settlement’s unraveling last month in a federal court ruling that has now been made public.