Another Waltham Pot-Growing Defendant Pleads Guilty

Clay Gollobin, who was facing charges in connection with a marijuana-growing operation in Waltham in 2011, was sentenced to probation earlier this year, according to federal court records.

During a July hearing at the federal courthouse in Boston, Gollobin changed his plea to guilty on one count of unlawful use of a communication facility (a phone) in facilitating the distribution of marijuana, according to court records. The plea change was part of a plea agreement in which prosecutors dropped a charge of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana. 

In October, a judge sentenced Gollobin, of Brookline, to 18 months of probation and to pay a $100 fine. 

Gollobin and two others were arrested in October 2011 on charges they were running a marijuana growing operation in a Waltham building. One of those arrested, former Watertown councilor Thomas Bailey, pleaded guilty in November.