N.J. 'Weedman' appears before judge on witness tampering charges

TRENTON -An ongoing battle against year-old drug charges has morphed into something much larger, Ed "NJ Weedman" Forchion said after a court hearing Saturday.

"I feel like a political prisoner," Forchion said Saturday, speaking from jail just a day after he was charged with witness tampering.

It's the second arrest in a year for Forchion, a well-known marijuana advocate, who was first charged with selling the drug in April.

Mercer County prosecutors have said a confidential informant told police he bought drugs from Forchion on multiple occasions at Forchion's Trenton eatery.

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