Crime & Safety
Attempt to Eat Drug Evidence Fails in Stafford: Police
A passenger in a car pulled over for a lane violation tried to eat her marijuana, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
STAFFORD, VA — A passenger in a car pulled over for a lane violation late Friday night tried to eat her way out of trouble but the effort to ingest damning evidence didn't fool the officer, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.
Lauren Corissa Smith, 19, of Richmond, was charged with possession of controlled substances, possession of marijuana and obstructing justice.
Seems she had tried to eat the marijuana.
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Shortly before midnight, the officer was traveling south on U.S. 1 when he spotted a vehicle traveling north in his lane. He pulled over the vehicle, and when the driver opened the window, he noticed a strong smell of marijuana and saw a marijuana grinder and a plastic bag with a green leafy substance in the cup holder between the two front seats.
The officer searched the vehicle and its occupants. In Smith's purse he found pills, capsules with white powder identified as schedule II and IV narcotics and a smoking device.
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Smith was taken to jail, and the driver got a ticket for failing to obey a highway sign.
Photo: Stafford County Sheriff's Office
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