Crime & Safety
Driver on Wrong Side of the Road Ends Up on Wrong Side of the Law
A Rittman, OH, man was stopped for driving on the wrong side of the road when police made some other discoveries

In some parts of the world, driving on the left side of the road is perfectly acceptable. Twinsburg is not one of those places.
Officers were heading west down East Aurora Road on April 20 when they noticed a car going the same direction, only in the opposite lane.
When they stopped the car the driver, Andrew Hoffman of Rittman, OH, said he couldn't see out of his windows. Police were just going to write him a ticket when they noticed something funny inside his car.
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Officers said Hoffman was frantically moving in the car, bending between the seats and reaching in the center console. When police went back, they could smell marijuana.
They told him about the smell and asked him where it was at. He denied having any, but did allow them to search the car.
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They came up with several pieces of drug paraphernalia, including a few pipes with marijuana residue. They also found a device that uses a carbon dioxide canister to do "whippets" or "huffing."
Hoffman was charged with harmful intoxants, possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana, and driving on the wrong side of the road.
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