Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer - Clearwater Marijuana Humor

By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.

A humorous mistake from a lady in Clearwater, article by the St. Pete Times website...

CLEARWATER — When asked for her identification, a 27-year-old woman also pulled out a bag of marijuana, according to police, leading to her arrest for possession of that drug and an assortment of pills.

The woman was sitting in a car in the parking lot of the La Quinta Inn Clearwater Central at 21338 U.S. 19 N just before 3 a.m. Saturday when a Clearwater police officer approached the car and asked her what she was doing.

The lady, of Clearwater, said she was talking to her boyfriend and considering renting a hotel room, an arrest report shows.

The officer asked her for her ID. She reached into her purse and removed her ID along with a bag of marijuana, police said. The woman then tried to conceal the bag, according to the report, but was unsuccessful.

Police then searched her purse and found pain relievers oxycodone (57 pills) and methadone (seven pills), sedatives diazepam (brand name: Valium, three pills) and clonazepam (one pill), according to the report.

The woman said she smokes marijuana for medicinal reasons, police said, and that the pills weren't hers. She was arrested on one count of marijuana possession, a misdemeanor, and multiple counts of felony possession of a controlled substance.

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