Monday, December 10, 2007
DUI guy arrested with $30,000 cash
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Man arrested for DUI, found with $30K
Police found a New York man with $30,000 in cash that he said was given to him by a Penn State student for delivering 27 pounds of marijuana.
The State College Police Department pulled over Jason J. Remington, 24, of Sauquoit, N.Y., for a traffic stop Friday afternoon and ended up arresting him and seizing the cash from his Toyota RAV4.
Remington told police he received the money for delivering several pounds of marijuana to a male student, whose name The Daily Collegian is withholding pending charges, the prior evening. However, State College Police Sgt. John Wilson could not confirm if the man identified by Remington is, in fact, a student.
Remington was arraigned in front of Centre County District Judge Jonathan Grine Saturday and charged with two counts of driving under the influence, after failing a field sobriety test, and two counts of possessing a controlled substance.
According to court documents, the Centre County Drug Task Force observed Remington at the student's residence and the student in Remington's vehicle Friday afternoon.
Police reported that Remington was driving east on East College Avenue at 2:30 p.m. when he was pulled over near the entrance ramp to Route 322 for crossing the white fog line.
The arresting officer wrote in the criminal complaint that he noticed a "fresh" smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle and administered standardized field sobriety tests to the man. Remington failed the tests and police searched him and found two cell phones and $1,450 in various pockets of Remington's coat. Because of the "strong odor" of marijuana, the officer requested a "K-9 unit" on scene.
While administering an exterior search of the vehicle, the unit's dog jumped into the driver's side window "unprompted" and indicated a black backpack, according to court documents. Once a search warrant was obtained, a small amount of marijuana, ledger sheets and more than $30,000 in cash was found in the vehicle.
Upon his arrest, Remington told police he sold 27 pounds of marijuana Thursday to the student for $30,000.
Remington told police the marijuana he sold had been trafficked from New York.
Remington is being held at the Centre County Correctional Facility and, as of press time yesterday, had not posted his $100,000 bail.
Man arrested for DUI, found with $30K
Police found a New York man with $30,000 in cash that he said was given to him by a Penn State student for delivering 27 pounds of marijuana.
The State College Police Department pulled over Jason J. Remington, 24, of Sauquoit, N.Y., for a traffic stop Friday afternoon and ended up arresting him and seizing the cash from his Toyota RAV4.
Remington told police he received the money for delivering several pounds of marijuana to a male student, whose name The Daily Collegian is withholding pending charges, the prior evening. However, State College Police Sgt. John Wilson could not confirm if the man identified by Remington is, in fact, a student.
Remington was arraigned in front of Centre County District Judge Jonathan Grine Saturday and charged with two counts of driving under the influence, after failing a field sobriety test, and two counts of possessing a controlled substance.
According to court documents, the Centre County Drug Task Force observed Remington at the student's residence and the student in Remington's vehicle Friday afternoon.
Police reported that Remington was driving east on East College Avenue at 2:30 p.m. when he was pulled over near the entrance ramp to Route 322 for crossing the white fog line.
The arresting officer wrote in the criminal complaint that he noticed a "fresh" smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle and administered standardized field sobriety tests to the man. Remington failed the tests and police searched him and found two cell phones and $1,450 in various pockets of Remington's coat. Because of the "strong odor" of marijuana, the officer requested a "K-9 unit" on scene.
While administering an exterior search of the vehicle, the unit's dog jumped into the driver's side window "unprompted" and indicated a black backpack, according to court documents. Once a search warrant was obtained, a small amount of marijuana, ledger sheets and more than $30,000 in cash was found in the vehicle.
Upon his arrest, Remington told police he sold 27 pounds of marijuana Thursday to the student for $30,000.
Remington told police the marijuana he sold had been trafficked from New York.
Remington is being held at the Centre County Correctional Facility and, as of press time yesterday, had not posted his $100,000 bail.
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