ELKTON â A man caught with 141 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of more than $200,000 during an Interstate 95 traffic stop near North East in January 2020 is facing up to 25 years in prison, after accepting a plea deal, according to Cecil County Circuit Court records.
The defendant, Jiating Weng, 25, of College Park, pleaded guilty to importing marijuana into the state during a courtroom hearing of Tuesday, court records show. Retired Cecil County Circuit Court Judge V. Micheal Whelan accepted Wengâs guilty plea.
Sentencing is set for Aug. 19.
Wengâs co-defendant â Renzhi Wang, 23, of Germantown â received a one-year jail term on May 10 after he, too, pleaded guilty to importing marijuana into the state, as part of a plea agreement.