By Antonio
Planas
A South Dakota man has been arrested after his mother unintentionally served marijuana brownies at a senior center, according to authorities.
Michael James Koranda, 46, of Tabor, was taken into police custody on January 5, a day after the Bon Homme County Sheriff's Office began investigating reports of
"possible intoxications" at the center .
local community, as written by an officer in an affidavit of probable cause.
Koranda, who is facing a charge of possession of a controlled substance, declined to comment on the incident to NBC News, sister network of Noticias Telemundo.
The brownies were cooked with marijuana butter.
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"An investigation into the incident led me to believe that the patients were all under the influence of THC from a batch of brownies that were brought to the community center" by the suspect's mother, the affidavit says.
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Koranda's mother told Sheriff Mark Maggs that "her son Michael had baked a large number of brownies and she took them to the community center card game," the affidavit says.
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Koranda's mother delivered the rest of the brownies, according to the document.
The officer who wrote the affidavit said he spoke to two people who ate the brownies at the senior center.
They said they learned that Koranda had been to Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal for people 21 and older, over the weekend and returned with cannabis products.
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"Michael admitted to bringing a pound of pot butter to make the pan of brownies and then went to bed, and
his mother unknowingly took the brownies to the card game where multiple people ate them
," according to the affidavit. .
"Michael said the remaining half pound of butter was still at his house."
Koranda turned over the rest of the pot butter to investigators.
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Court records show the man was released on $3,000 bond.
A representative from the county clerk's office said he had not retained an attorney.
NBC affiliate KTIV in Sioux City, Iowa reported that Koranda is a teacher with the Bon Homme School District.
No person from this entity could be contacted for comment on the matter.
Koranda's LinkedIn profile describes him as a "K-12 vocal music educator" in the district.
NBC News' attempts to speak with someone from the Tabor Community Center were unsuccessful.