Mar 7, 2019 3 min read

An unemployed Fallowfield Township couple lived a lavish lifestyle, which included having high-end vehicles and a $100,000 in-ground pool, while laundering money from a major marijuana delivery network, state police allege in court documents.

The case against Jennifer Lee and Tyler James Hoberman began building in September when he was found in Ohio with more than $570,000 in his pickup truck that was supposed to have been her father’s cut of the drug operation, police stated in the affidavit.

Tyler Hoberman, 30, of 228 Hess Road, was then jailed in Washington County for violating the terms of his probation from a guilty plea in March 2017 to operating a multimillion-dollar marijuana trafficking operation between Washington County and the state of California. As part of that plea agreement, he forfeited $2.4 million in exchange for two years of probation.

District Judge Curtis Thompson has signed warrants for the arrests of Jennifer Hoberman, 31, and her father, John F. Kusajtys, 62, who share the Hess Road house, on accusations they knowingly profited from a money-laundering scheme, court records indicate.

Court documents indicate Kusajtys transported the marijuana in his truck and motorhome. In one year alone, Jennifer Hoberman admitted to packaging $1 million in cash at her residence to be sent to California in vacuum-sealed bags placed in suitcases, authorities said.

The suspects are accused of skimming profits of a fictitious business, 1st Choice Home Improvement of Monongahela, by inflating the value of home improvements to live beyond their means, court records indicate. Tyler Hoberman and his father-in-law are listed on state records as partners in the business, police allege.

Investigators also believe they still are in possession of significant assets from the drug operation, the affidavit indicates.

At some point, the Hoberman marriage disintegrated.

Police said they found additional evidence after Washington County President Judge Katherine B. Emery signed warrants in September to search the couple’s bank records and cellphones.

The search uncovered a text message from Jennifer Hoberman in which she wrote, “Why should I get a job when I’m still married to the biggest weed distributor in western PA?” the affidavit indicates.

She also reportedly threatened to turn him in to police if he didn’t meet her demands in the divorce settlement, according to prosecutors.

At the time of the search, she reportedly had $570,000 in a bank account, and her husband had $105,000. They owned another $600,000 in assets that include properties, vehicles and investments, prosecutors said.

During the search of the Hess Road house, police seized several small jars of marijuana, several small bags of the drug, a firearm, a marijuana grinder and bands to stack $10,000 denominations, court records show.

All three suspects are facing charges of running a corrupt organization, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities and conspiracy. The charges were filed Thursday before Thompson.