New Haven, NY – A 58-year-old man was charged with felony criminal possession of marijuana after the U.S. Border Patrol spotted marijuana plants growing on his Mack Road property, Oswego County Sheriff’s deputies said.

Peter M. Raby, of 129 Mack Road, was charged Tuesday with third-degree criminal possession of marijuana and unlawfully growing cannabis.

Deputies said they found 33 cannabis plants weighing about 8.27 ounces.

A border patrol aerial marijuana interdiction detail discovered the plants during a June 14 fly over of Raby’s property, deputies said.

Raby was given appearance tickets and told to reappear in the Town of New Haven Court on July 19 to answer the charges.