POLICE BLOTTER - 18 Aug. 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 11:11AM Compiled by Amanda Phipps
POSSESSION OF BEER UNDER 21 (8/11/11)
At 1:35 a.m., the Winthrop Police Department observed a 2002 black Honda traveling north on Eden Terrace with no headlights on, according to the police report. The reporting officer stopped the vehicle and made contact with the driver. The officer spoke to each of the five occupants individually, and two men, 20, were found to be drinking. One subject denied drinking and was arrested for possession/consumption of beer under 21. The other subject admitted to drinking and was ticketed for possession/consumption of beer under 21, according to the police report.
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE (8/14/11)
At 1:48 a.m., the Winthrop Police department observed a white 1994 Lincoln swerving on Eden Terrace, according to the police report. The reporting officer and another officer stopped the vehicle in front of Winthrop Coliseum. As the reporting officer made contact with the driver, he noticed a plastic bag hanging from the driver’s doorframe in plain view. The subject said nothing was in the bag and gave consent for the reporting officer to pull the bag out. The bag contained a large quantity of marijuana and multiple individual bags of marijuana inside. The subject was arrested, according to the police report.
