Percocet, Weed, Gun Found During Solon Traffic Stop: Police

SOLON, OH — Marijuana, Percocet, a firearm and criminal tools were found in a car stopped by police on early Tuesday morning.

Solon Police said they began following a car going north on SOM Center Road after they saw it weaving out of its lane. Officers stopped the car on US 422 at about 1:30 a.m.

The driver told police he had loose tobacco and a partially emptied cigar on his lap. Officers told the driver they could smell marijuana undulating from the interior of the car.

When officers pressed the issue and began questioning the man on whether or not there was marijuana in the car, the passenger pulled a bag from her purse. Inside the bag was marijuana, police said.

The driver was asked to get out of the car. Police searched him and found another bag of marijuana and a prescription pill bottle. One pill in the bottle did not match the label. The non-matching pill was determined to be Percocet. The driver told police the pill belonged to the woman in the passenger seat, but the driver added he had taken a Percocet earlier in the day for a toothache.

Police put the driver through a series of field tests, but they did not indicate the man was impaired.

The driver, a 41-year-old man from Cleveland, was arrested for drug possession and possession of criminal tools. Police then searched the man's car and found a firearm in the glove box. The gun was loaded.

The driver has also been charged with improperly handling a firearm in a motor vehicle and having a weapon under disability. The man was barred from possessing a firearm, police said.