<p>A Franklin man was sentenced to home detention and gave up thousands in cash after police found more than 15 pounds of marijuana in his home last year.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Taylor, 43, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of dealing marijuana and was sentenced to two years on home detention.</p>
<p>In a separate civil case, police and prosecutors seized about $75,000 in cash from Taylor, which will then go back to those departments to be used for law enforcement expenses, Johnson County Prosecutor Brad Cooper said.</p>
<p>Taylor had sold property to fund his marijuana operation, Cooper said. Under the law, money that was part of illegal activity can be seized in what is called a forfeiture case, where the money goes to the police departments involved in the investigation and the prosecutor’s office to help with their operations.</p>
<p>Taylor was arrested last year after an ongoing drug investigation led police to search his Graham Road home.</p>
<p>Inside, police found 15 pounds of marijuana, worth more than $30,000, six guns and more than $1,000 in cash.</p>
<p>The amount of marijuana found was described as substantial and one of the largest amounts found in recent history.</p>
<p>Taylor agreed to plead guilty to a level 6 felony charge, which is the lowest level of felony under state law.</p>
<p>Under recently changed state laws, offenders convicted of the lowest level felony typically cannot be sent to state prisons, Cooper said.</p>
<p>Home detention was the next option, he said.</p>
<p>As part of his sentencing, Taylor can ask for his sentence to be modified after a year, which could include removing him from home detention, according to court records.</p>
