Prosecutor cites new state law: Assenberg charges dismissed

Charges against Michael A. Assenberg of Colfax were dismissed on Friday, Jan. 4, by Whitman County Superior Court.

Going before Judge David Frazier on Friday, county Prosecutor Denis Tracy filed a motion to dismiss without prejudice the state’s case against Assenberg, citing a new interpretation of medical marijuana laws in the state. Assenberg’s trial was scheduled for later this month.

Assenberg pleaded not guilty to four felony charges after Quad Cities Drug Task Force agents confiscated 82 marijuana plants in a raid on Assenberg’s Colfax home in May 2011.

Assenberg said he ran a dispensary...