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Where NOT To Hide Your Weed

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 5, 2008 7:05PM

A young Chicago man, Antonio D. Johnson, was arrested in Iowa early Thursday morning for disorderly conduct and public intoxication. It was a cut-and-dry arrest until the patrol car ride to the police station. It seems Antonio had several small bags of marijuana on him that the police hadn't found during a pat down, so he did what any other sensible person arrested for public intoxication would do: he tried to hide the weed in the cop car. Johnson tore a hole in the seat and stuffed 12 bags into the hole. FAIL. Officers found an unlucky 13th bag in his jacket pocket and tacked on possession of a controlled substance, drug tax stamp violation, criminal mischief and attempting to conceal evidence to his charges.