Man Smoked PCP and at Least Four Joints, Ate Cannabis Before He Was Pulled Over: Cops

The Riverside police officer who had to position his car in front of a slow-moving 2005 Jeep to pull it over on Aug. 21 reported the driver had leafy flakes on his lips and face.

When the officer asked, the driver denied eating cannabis, but he was clearly chewing something that left his mouth and tongue covered in the green stuff, according to Riverside police

As the flake-coated driver got out of the car, a lighter and a hand-rolled joint fell to the ground.

The Jeep had been going 22 miles an hour in a 35-mile-an-hour zone, heading south at 1:34 a.m. in the 3200 block of Harlem. The officer had to slow-chase the Jeep for four blocks before he got the car to stop at Harlem Avenue and Joliet Road.

The driver, Roger L. Scott, age 46 of the 7200 block of South Paxton Avenue in Chicago, was arrested after he failed field sobriety tests, Riverside police reported.

Scott acknowledged in a statement to police that he had smoked at least four joints and used PCP before he drove that night.

He was charged with two counts of driving under the influence of drugs (cannabis and PCP), violation of minimum speed limit and illegal lane sue. Scott posted bond and was released pending his court date.

Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel said in a statement there are only 50 certified drug recognition expert officers in the State of Illinois who can administer the complicated standard tests in driving under the influence of drug cases.

Photo courtesy of the Riverside Police Department.