Quote:So why did they pull him over?

ACCORDING TO EDMOND POLICE, AT ABOUT 6:30 P.M., AN OFFICER STOPPED A CAR DRIVEN BY BLACKMON FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION AT EDMOND ROAD AND KELLY AVENUE. POLICE SAID THE CAR WAS GOING WESTBOUND APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION, WHEN IT DROVE INTO THE EASTBOUND LANES IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE AROUND STOPPED TRAFFIC TO ENTER THE SOUTHBOUND TURN LANE.


POLICE SAID BLACKMON DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER’S LICENSE WITH HIM. WHILE SPEAKING TO BLACKMON, THE OFFICER SAID HE COULD SMELL AN ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM INSIDE THE CAR.


THE OFFICER SAID HE ASKED BLACKMON TO STEP OUT OF THE CAR. AT THAT TIME, BLACKMON ADMITTED TO THERE BEING MARIJUANA IN THE CAR.


BLACKMON, POLICE SAID, ALSO ADMITTED THAT HE HAD BEEN SMOKING A “BLUNT” OF MARIJUANA WHILE HE WAS DRIVING, AND THAT A FULL “BLUNT” WAS CONTAINED WITHIN A BOX OF SWISHER SWEETS INSIDE THE CAR.


AFTER A SEARCH, POLICE SAID THEY FOUND THREE GRAMS OF MARIJUANA.

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