Posted on 03/01/2006 7:49:13 AM PST by stainlessbanner
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A man showing off his OnStar system in his Cadillac Escalade found out the system worked too well.
Ralph A. Gomez, 38, was being held in the St. Johns County Jail Wednesday on $15,000 bond on charges of possession of an illegal narcotic within 1,000 feet of a church and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Gomez was showing off his OnStar system to his girlfriend, but the volume was set so low that he couldn't hear the OnStar operator. OnStar comes on many new General Motors vehicles and allows a customer to contact an OnStar representative in an emergency or to get directions.
If there is no response, OnStar contacts police.
That's what happened with Gomez on Friday night, Tom Clements, a spokesman for the St. Augustine Police Department, said Wednesday.
When police located Gomez' car, they determined there was no problem. But Clements said cocaine was clearly visible on the car's center console.
In addition to seizing $1,900 in the case, the Cadillac equipped with the OnStar system was also seized, Clements said.
There was no information available from Clements or the jail on whether Gomez has a lawyer.
Probably won't be featured on an OnStar commercial.
LOL
Thank you for using OnStar...........Would you like for me to stay on the line while your being cuffed?.......
Dumbass
Time to un-pimp za auto.
don't worry about the vehicles, get ready for people to transmit data...
Guess you'll be sticking to older models then, right? Cars made after 2004 have those EDRs in them, I think. The black boxes. Of course, they might not transmit yet. Just collect info. But it's only a matter of time.
I will never purchase a vehicle that transmits any data to anyone.
Unfortunately so...I think I'd actually like to hear that one.
Careful there with that cell phone IRINJ ... they can track you with that little bad boy too ...
I'm not sure, but I do know the framework is there now as it was not a short while ago.
I wonder if they'll institute a "Call my lawyer" feature.
Representing Deutschland, ja!
Kind of like the guy running from the cops at night,
with lights in the sneakers.
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