Lori Beth MooreUPDATE: McCracken Poston, an attorney representing Lori Moore, said she gave other people “unfettered access” to her basement.
“Authorities came to the door asking about someone who did not live there by name who hasn’t spent significant time in the house in over two years,” Poston said in a statement. “Dr. Moore opened up her home to the officers at the door. It would be nice if officers used more discretion regarding the discovery of old, residual and unusable substances left behind by others.”
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ORIGINAL STORY: Lori Beth Moore, a Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High School teacher, was arrested last week for allegedly growing marijuana in her basement.
Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force Commander Pat Doyle said investigators received a tip that Moore was growing the drug in a home on Highway 136 East in Rising Fawn, Ga. They searched the home around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, and Doyle said they found a station with lights, chemicals and potting soil in the basement, implying to them that Moore raised marijuana.