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NIU employee arrested on charges of running cannabis grow operation

By Chelsey Boutan | November 7, 2011

An NIU electrician was recently arrested for growing marijuana at his barn in Mt. Morris.Ogle County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Lawrence W. Vickers, 54, of Mt. Morris, on Oct. 21 for unauthorized production or possession of cannabis sativa plants, according...