Updated: Irvin Dana Beal has been sentenced to four months in an Idaho jail stemming from his felony marijuana trafficking arrest on January 12, 2024. Back in New York after the recent hearing. Beal tells CelebStoner the "pre-sentence investigation" is still going on.
The legendary activist, who founded Cures Not Wars and the Global Marijuana March and is a longtime YIPPIE organizer, was busted by Idaho State Police in Gooding, ID with 26 pounds. A vehicle malfunction led to the police apprehension.
Beal is known to traffic in large quantities. When asked how much, a Sheriff's Office rep said it was "quite a bit." It's one pound over the Idaho limit that would turn into a mandatory five-year sentence.
Beal was released on March 9, thanks to activists Adam Eidinger and Don Wirschafter who took responsibilty for the $250,000 bond.
According to the Village Sun, Beal was riding in an SVU carrying pounds of cheap weed fronted to him in Oregon when the vehicle broke down in Idaho. "I should have gotten a rental," he conceded. "I made the mistake three hours earlier of smoking a joint. Otherwise, there was no pretext to search."
Beal added:
"The pot cost $100 a pound. Do you know how much I was going to make when I got back to New York? A bunch."
In 2011, Beal was nabbed with 186 pounds in Wisconsin and served several years in jail where he survived a heart attack.
See more of the latest CelebStoner news!
×
