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SALT LAKE CITY Three years ago, a Utah man was arrested after police raided his apartment and said they discovered more than 100 pounds of marijuana and more than $50,000 in cash. But the man was never charged with any crimes and may never have been if he had only agreed to wear a mask inside a Provo store, investigators say. On April 30, 2018, Elijah Brandt Webb began renting a basement apartment in Riverton. By May 3, the landlord called Unified police to report he suspected his new tenant had drugs. Webb told his landlord he was making tea, but the landlord collected a marijuana bud while Webb wasn t home as evidence to give to police, according to charging documents. ....