The
moral of this story is simple…..when attempting to traffic marijuana out of
your hotel room:
A)
Don’t smoke your own product
B)
Don’t Rent a “non-smoking room” if you choose
to ignore “A”
C)
Just
don’t traffic marijuana in our town
D)
All of the above
On
Monday May 26, 2014, these three were arrested for drug related charges: Here they are:
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| Christopher Hudson - 20 Years Aptos Resident |
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| Chance Martinez - 19 Years, Soquel Resident |
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| Tyrelle Antwine - 18 Years, Capitola Resident |
At around 6:15 PM, our officers responded to a report of smoke coming from a
room at a hotel in the beach area. The
staff was concerned as there was a significant amount of smoke coming from a “non-smoking”
room. This was not the kind of smoke you
call the Fire Department for, but rather marijuana smoke.
When we arrived, we concurred with “that smell” and learned the person who rented the room, Christian Hudson, was currently on probation for…..(drumroll please)…..marijuana sales.
We first arrived at around 6:15 PM and no one was in the room at the time. Our patrol team devised a plan and waited for the suspects to come back to their room.
At around 7:00 PM our suspects returned and we came knocking…with a key, of course.
Our suspects headed out to their balcony that bordered a 4th floor roof. The suspects jumped from their balcony onto the rooftop to escape. Big risk, considering Cowell’s beach was 4 stories below if they missed. Here is their balcony:
When we arrived, we concurred with “that smell” and learned the person who rented the room, Christian Hudson, was currently on probation for…..(drumroll please)…..marijuana sales.
We first arrived at around 6:15 PM and no one was in the room at the time. Our patrol team devised a plan and waited for the suspects to come back to their room.
At around 7:00 PM our suspects returned and we came knocking…with a key, of course.
Our suspects headed out to their balcony that bordered a 4th floor roof. The suspects jumped from their balcony onto the rooftop to escape. Big risk, considering Cowell’s beach was 4 stories below if they missed. Here is their balcony:
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| Watch that first step....it's a LuLu |
They
eventually made it to their car where they found that all their effort was for
naught, as we had officers hiding in the bushes with a police canine (Argus the
wonder dog). In case you need to see
Argus in action again…here he is.
Also in
the room, we found more jars of marijuana conveniently labeled.
In
all, just over 17 Pounds of marijuana was seized and over $1,700 in cash. The cash was neatly banded together in roughly
similar amounts.
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| Just some of the cash recovered |
All
Three suspects went to jail for Possession of Marijuana for Sales, and Resisting
Arrest. Mr. Hudson received the
additional charge of Violation of Probation.
