Underground pot dispensary owner gets six months

Flanked by a couple of dozen supporters who lauded her efforts to provide services to sick people in Worcester County, Brenda Pikounis, 54, of Bishopville was found guilty of possession with the intent to distribute marijuana and community nuisance charges as part of a plea deal that netted her two 6-month concurrent sentences in county jail followed by three years of supervised probation.

In Circuit Court on Monday, Brenda Pikounis’ attorney John Phoebus argued she was not part of the operation the police were initially investigating, which centered on her estranged husband, Socrates Pikounis. A resort resident is credited with tipping off police in 2016 about the activities of Socrates, the former owner of Soc’s Place on 139th Street.

Police stopped Socrates Pikounis on Aug. 9 near the junction of Route 113 and Route 90 just north of Berlin and discovered a baggie of suspected heroin in the car’s center console. After his arrest, police executed search warrants on his home in Bishopville as well as a storage unit. It was there the activities attributed to Brenda were discovered.

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