14 DAY TRIAL // A Northern California student is reportedly facing deportation after selling pot brownies to raise money to buy her dream prom gown.
Last year, Saira Munoz, from Yuba City, held a bake sale at River Valley High School, offering fellow students brownies made with marijuana. The girl, who was 18 at the time, was so determined to achieve her goal, that she even enlisted the help of a minor friend to sell the weed cakes.
But unfortunately for the teen, her dreams of buying a beautiful dress for her school ball were crushed when a student who ate one of her drug-laced brownies fell sick and was taken to the hospital. Her scheme took a turn for the worse, as the incident led to her arrest.
Munoz admitted to selling the cakes, and was charged with felony child endangerment and misdemeanor possession of marijuana on school grounds, in March last year. Now, she has been sentenced to nine days in prison and four years' probation, but besides that, she could also face being deported back to Mexico after completing her sentence.
“If you are departed, you must not return unless you do so legally. If you do return, you must check in with probation immediately. I'm hoping you've learned your lesson,” Judge Brian Aronson told her after announcing the sentence.
According to Daily Mail, Munoz came to the United States with temporary permission in 2000, and now she could be thrown out of the country, after the Sutter County Probation Department has notified federal authorities of her conviction. Immigration officials could use her felony charge for employing a minor to sell marijuana as reason to send her back to Mexico.
However, for the moment, no deportation proceedings have been filed, and officials are still reviewing the case.
Munoz, who is now employed at a restaurant, told the police she obtained the drugs from an acquaintance and wanted to raise extra money for a prom dress she couldn't afford.
The teenager seems to have the full support of her friends, who expressed their disagreement with the judge's ruling.
“People make mistakes. […] I was hurt because she was arrested, and nobody wanted to see somebody we cared about go away,” said Carlos Robles, a classmate and friend of hers.
“There’s people that deserve to be deported, and she just wasn’t one of them. There’s people that do way worse,” he added.