JUST ONE BLUNT, OFFICER
Officer Mason observed and followed a black Volvo S60 traveling at a slow speed early in the morning of Sept. 8. The officer initiated a traffic stop when both driver side tires passed over the double yellow line. The officer detected the odor of marijuana while speaking with the driver, whose eyes were bloodshot. There were two passengers in the vehicle. When asked if he had marijuana on his person or in his vehicle, the driver said no, and was informed that the officer had probable cause to search the vehicle, at which point the driver disclosed that there was marijuana in the glove box and that he had smoked “One blunt,” before driving the vehicle. In the glove box, a pill bottle containing one gram of marijuana was found, as well as a grinder with marijuana residue.
In a backpack belonging to one of the passengers, another pill bottle was found containing marijuana residue, as well as a scale, and a false asthma pump vaporizer. Officer Watson arrived and discovered a multi-colored pipe found in a hidden pocket of the bag. The driver and passenger were placed under arrest and the driver was charged with possession and driving under the influence of drugs.
GET LOST, DUDE
Officer Dicks responded to a call regarding a fight that broke out at University Place Apartments the evening of Sept. 4. Officers Jordan, Culberson and Nelson responded as backup. Upon arriving to the courtyard area, officers found several individuals present, two residents and a non-student in a green shirt. Officers separated the individuals and asked what happened. According to one of the residents, a man in a green shirt was cursing and yelling at a female student and then hit her. The resident did not know the female, but saw her run into the apartment with another male that he didn’t know. Officers found the female and male that ran into the apartment accompanied by a Resident Advisor. The female told them the man in the green shirt became angry when she rejected him. The male asked to talk to the officer away from the female and indicated that the two of them were going to his room to have sex when they were accosted by the man in the green shirt. The officers placed the man in custody for simple assault and underage consumption and transported him to Cobb ADC.
DO YOU SMELL THAT?
Officer Mason was dispatched to University Place Apartments in reference to a suspicious odor on the afternoon of Sept. 13. Mason arrived and made contact with an RA, who advised that she smelled the odor of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. Officers Watson and Hammock arrived as backup. Mason asked for permission to search the room and was denied by three residents, all of whom appeared to be under the influence of marijuana.
The officers then asked the residents to wait outside the room while they secured a warrant. A warrant was issued for the search of all common areas and one of the bedrooms. Mason returned with the warrant, and gave the resident a copy. Upon searching the apartment, two multicolored smoking pipes were recovered from the porch balcony as well as a bag of marijuana weighing seven grams and a marijuana grinder containing residue. Watson recovered one multi- colored smoking pipe from the bedroom. The resident whose room was searched was taken into custody and transported to Cobb ADC.
