operating while under the influence. ….

operating while under the influence.

The vehicle was then searched and the officers located a clear bag with a green, leafy substance at the bottom in the driver’s side door. Another clear bag was found in the driver’s side door that had the same green, leafy substance located in the bottom of it.

The officer observed the steering wheel to have a black rag on top of it which appeared to be holding the air bag inside of the steering wheel. It appeared he had crashed the vehicle which initiated the airbag deployment. The officer also observed the passenger dash to have the air bags deployed already as the air bag was outside of its compartment.

The officer asked the man if the marijuana in the vehicle belonged to him. The man said it did and he was informed by the officer that he cannot drive the vehicle due to the air bags being deployed. The officer said the air bags would have to be fixed before he could drive the vehicle again. The officer informed the man he would be having the vehicle towed and gave the man a ride to his home.

The officer tested the substance in the bags for marijuana which came back positive. The officer issued and explained a citation for operating while suspended, operating a motor vehicle without insurance and a warning for obstruction of driver’s view. The officer will also be mailing the man a citation for possession of marijuana and for concealing a deployed air bag and having open intoxicants inside of a motor vehicle.