Crime & Safety

Man, 20, Charged With Possession Of A Pound Of Pot

A call about a suspicious car led police to find bags of weed weighing a pound in total. Trenton N. Roche, 20, was charged with possession.

Trenton N. Roche
Trenton N. Roche (East Lyme Police Department)

EAST LYME, CT — Police said they were reporting to a call of suspicious activity as an apartment complex and rolled up on a car with several people inside and one person, police said, had a pound of pot.

Around 9:30 Wednesday night, police arrested and charged Trenton N. Roche, 20, with possession of narcotics. Police say the cannabis was in separate bags and weighed around one pound in total.

Roche, of 93 Whippoorwill Road in Old Lyme was given a $1,000 bail and is due in court Dec. 18.

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