HAMILTON — Police seized seven marijuana plants Thursday, planted brazenly outside a downtown Hamilton courthouse.

"I couldn't believe my eyes," says the local woman who first spotted the plants and asked her name not be published because she was attending court at the time.

"I'm chuckling but I think it's totally disrespectful," she said. "This is family court and kids don't need to be subjected to that."

Police confirmed Friday that the woman notified court staff around 10:45 a.m., and asked them to come outside where she had been smoking a cigarette.