I have a couple friends that grow in CO, (God bless Federalism), and have told me it is prosecuted the same as drunk driving. In fact, if they find a pipe/whatever apparent in the vehicle cab, it’s the same charge as “open container”.Out of curiosity, when someone is pulled over for impaired driving and they are high but not drunk, how is this prosecuted? Drunk is pretty easy to understand as the breathalyzer gives a number and statutes are written around those numbers. I'm not aware of anything like this for MJ though.
Traffic Stop Leads to Discovery of 133 Pounds of Marijuana
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INDIANA STATE POLICE
PUTNAMVILLE DISTRICT
1927 US 40 West
Greencastle, IN 46135
www.in.gov/isp
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CONTACT:
Sgt. Matt Ames
Public Information Officer
812-240-0030
DATE: 12-12-21
Traffic Stop Leads to Discovery of 133 Pounds of Marijuana Morgan County - Saturday, December 11, 2021, at approximately 4:20 p.m., an Indiana State Trooper observed a GMC Yukon that was following too close to a tractor trailer on I-70 near the 51-mile marker eastbound. The driver of the vehicle was identified as Alvaro Lopez-Chacon, age 39, of Costa Rica. During the course of the traffic stop the trooper observed criminal indicators and requested a canine. Trooper Kyle Hall and his canine Barker, from the ISP Putnamville Post, arrived. Barker indicated an alert on the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle discovered that Lopez-Chacon was transporting 133 pounds of marijuana. Alvaro Lopez-Chacon was taken into custody and transported to the Morgan County Jail. The estimated street value of the marijuana is $300,000.
Arrested and Charges: Alvaro Lopez-Chacon, 39, Costa Rica
Photo 1 - Evidence Collected
- Dealing Marijuana, Level 5 Felony
- Possession of Marijuana, Class B Misdemeanor
All criminal defendants are to be presumed innocent until, and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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Things like being on the road but unable or unwilling to say what the destination isThe trooper observed criminal indicators. What is that?
Criminals don't seem to be able to just not talk.So not telling them where you are going is against the law? Sounds like a fishing expedition to me.
Obviously the guy was shady, but it really is none of the officer's business where I am headed or coming from.
Stretching reality away from the obvious criminal in the story, please forgive.
Indiana Democrats want to legalize medical and recreational marijuana.
It's likely that they would get the full support of the pot-head governor.Good. They should.
I'd want to hear more details about what the officer actually articulated as reasonable suspicion to do the search. Was it that he tried to dance around where he was going? Or was it that he just refused to say where he was going? If the latter, I don't think that's reasonable suspicion of criminal behavior. If the driver is being evasive and dishonest, maybe a different story.So not telling them where you are going is against the law? Sounds like a fishing expedition to me.
Obviously the guy was shady, but it really is none of the officer's business where I am headed or coming from.
Stretching reality away from the obvious criminal in the story, please forgive.
If/when charges are filed, the probable cause affidavit will be available for anyone to view.I'd want to hear more details about what the officer actually articulated as reasonable suspicion to do the search. Was it that he tried to dance around where he was going? Or was it that he just refused to say where he was going? If the latter, I don't think that's reasonable suspicion of criminal behavior. If the driver is being evasive and dishonest, maybe a different story.
It's likely that they would get the full support of the pot-head governor.
There are reasons the police try to play 20 questions when they pull people over, and it isn't to be friendly.I'd want to hear more details about what the officer actually articulated as reasonable suspicion to do the search. Was it that he tried to dance around where he was going? Or was it that he just refused to say where he was going? If the latter, I don't think that's reasonable suspicion of criminal behavior. If the driver is being evasive and dishonest, maybe a different story.
Come on, jamilBut regardless, if MJ were legal, people would just grow it here instead of having people from Mexico, Central, and South America sneak it across the border.
Because if you say you're headed to Kokomo but you're westbound on I-74 near Crawfordsville, you might be lying"Where are you going?"
Why?
I know why they play the game, I just choose not to.Because if you say you're headed to Kokomo but you're westbound on I-74 near Crawfordsville, you might be lying
And if your first impulse is to lie to the police, you might be up to something. The important part of 'reasonable suspicion' is the 'suspicion' part
A principled refusal to be interrogated for no reason would play out differently than an attempt to prevaricate. That isn't to say it wouldn't generate LEO suspicion, just that it would be of a different type
They're desperately trying to not look like criminals, but they don't know how
A friend of mine who is CPD said that on night patrol, obeying all the traffic laws precisely will attract more suspicion than otherwise. He said normal people, not up to something, go 38 in a 35 or don't completely stop to right turn on red and those who do stand out far more than they think they do
When I carried a badge in my wallet I never once got through security after they noticed the badge until I'd been frisked, wanded and put through malfunctioning teleporter thing-a-ma-jig.I think it's a conspiracy, and one the TSA is in on, to always ignore me.