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BERNARDS TOWNSHIP — At bucolic Mountain Park in Bernards Township, Little Leaguers chase pop flies under summer skies, residents gather for twilight concerts and movies and outdoor enthusiasts enjoy a paved 1¼-mile biking and jogging path.

But a man from nearby Bridgewater Township allegedly had another use for the park that was not on the agenda of official activities. That’s where he tended to his marijuana plants, said authorities.

Shortly after 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, Somerset County detectives who had set up surveillance saw Michael Maslo, 44, checking on marijuana plants at the end of his early morning walk to the park, said Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey D. Soriano, who announced the arrest jointly with Bernards police chief Brian Bobowicz and Bridgewater police chief Richard Borden.

The next day, county detectives and detectives from Bernards and Bridgewater townships executed a search warrant at Maslo’s home on Long Road in the Martinsville section of Bridgewater, the authorities said in a joint statement.

They seized about 200 grams of pot, three marijuana plants that were inside, drug paraphernalia and $1,225 in cash, plus five additional marijuana plants in the backyard, prosecutors said.

A subsequent search of the area in the park where Maslo was seen turned up 25 marijuana plants, which were also seized, authorities said.

In all, the street value of the seized marijuana was about $90,000, they said.

Maslo was charged with marijuana possession and manufacturing and sent to Somerset County jail in lieu of $75,000 cash or bond, prosecutors said.