Traffic Stop Yields Felony Pot Charge: Blotter

A Tinley Park man faces a charge of felony pot possession after a traffic stop in Homewood.

Zachary Platt, 30, of the 7700 block of 163rd Place, Tinley Park, was arrested and charged with felony marijuana possession and driving with an expired registration after a traffic stop Oct. 27, according to Homewood police reports.

Police stopped Platt at about 7:47 p.m. in the 1900 block of Hickory Road because the vehicle had an expired registration, the report stated. When the officer approached the car, he could smell a strong pot odor coming from inside, the report added.

Platt told the officer a friend of his had been smoking in his car. However, when the officer asked him to exit the vehicle, Platt took out a clear plastic bag containing a green plant material from the car’s ashtray and said, “OK, that’s all I got,” the report stated. Platt was then taken in to custody, the report added.

A further search of the vehicle uncovered two sealed, clear bags containing a green plant material under the driver’s seat, the report stated.

The green plant material was field tested to be marijuana, and police confiscated a little more than 103 grams of it from all three bags found in the vehicle, the report stated. Police also confiscated $417 from Platt and will put it up for asset forfeiture, the report added.

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