Leader of Cornbread Mafia in Kentucky dies 4 years after release from prison
According to author Jim Higdon, John Robert Boone died Friday night at an assisted care facility. He had been sentenced to five years in prison in 2018 after he pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiring to grow and distribute more than 1,000 marijuana plants at an operation near Springfield, Ky.
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Often called the "Godfather of Grass," Boone was considered the leader of "the largest domestic marijuana syndicate in American history."
