Mask-thief eats marijuana in back of police car
JEFFERSON POLICE arrested a 29-year-old Lithonia man who was first caught trying to steal Halloween masks at Family Dollar and then reportedly caught eating marijuana. Jody McCarter Brown, 29, 3001 Winding Grove Drive, Lithonia, was charged with possession of marijuana and theft by shoplifting following the incident.
Before he was arrested, Brown was told that someone witnessed him shoplifting in the store. His response was that he did not have enough money to pay for the mask. When he was told he was under arrest, an officer asked him to produce the items he had taken from the store. Brown removed two Halloween masks from under his sweat pants. An officer additionally removed a cell phone, two knives and some pocket change.
Brown was placed in the back seat of the officers patrol unit while the officer went back into the store to get a price on the stolen items. The officer completed a criminal trespass notice and returned to his patrol vehicle. Once there, he smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the back seat. He looked back and realized Brown was eating something.
Asked if he was eating marijuana, Brown replied, “No dumb-…, it is gum what do you think it is,” the incident report states.
The officer walked back to the passenger side of the vehicle and opened the door, asking Brown to spit the substance out. After getting a pair of gloves from the trunk to retrieve the marijuana, Brown began banging his head on the door, as well as trying to slip his handcuffs in front of him. He additionally lay across the seat and placed his feet on the windows and started to kick the glass. The officer removed him and called another officer, who arrived and calmed Brown down. He was taken to the Jackson County jail.
Brown was placed in the back seat of the officers patrol unit while the officer went back into the store to get a price on the stolen items. The officer completed a criminal trespass notice and returned to his patrol vehicle. Once there, he smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the back seat. He looked back and realized Brown was eating something.
Asked if he was eating marijuana, Brown replied, “No dumb-…, it is gum what do you think it is,” the incident report states.
The officer walked back to the passenger side of the vehicle and opened the door, asking Brown to spit the substance out. After getting a pair of gloves from the trunk to retrieve the marijuana, Brown began banging his head on the door, as well as trying to slip his handcuffs in front of him. He additionally lay across the seat and placed his feet on the windows and started to kick the glass. The officer removed him and called another officer, who arrived and calmed Brown down. He was taken to the Jackson County jail.
What a genius.