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Man Arrested After OnStar System Leads Police To Cocaine
wftv ^ | March 1, 2006

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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cocaine; darwinaward; onstar; wod; wodlist
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1 posted on 03/01/2006 7:49:17 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

Probably won't be featured on an OnStar commercial.


2 posted on 03/01/2006 7:50:40 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

LOL


3 posted on 03/01/2006 7:51:39 AM PST by formercalifornian (One nation, under whatever popular fad comes to mind at the moment, indivisible...)
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To: stainlessbanner

Thank you for using OnStar...........Would you like for me to stay on the line while your being cuffed?.......


5 posted on 03/01/2006 7:52:24 AM PST by Red Badger (And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him...)
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To: stainlessbanner

Dumbass


6 posted on 03/01/2006 7:52:40 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Learn from the past, don't live in it.)
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To: stainlessbanner

Time to un-pimp za auto.


7 posted on 03/01/2006 7:53:36 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Individual Rights in NJ

don't worry about the vehicles, get ready for people to transmit data...


8 posted on 03/01/2006 7:56:11 AM PST by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: Individual Rights in NJ

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.


10 posted on 03/01/2006 7:56:41 AM PST by formercalifornian (One nation, under whatever popular fad comes to mind at the moment, indivisible...)
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To: Individual Rights in NJ

I will never purchase a vehicle that transmits any data to anyone.



You'll need to look closely at them as more and more vehicles have devices that will store data for retrieval, etc even though its not continiously transmitted.


13 posted on 03/01/2006 7:58:50 AM PST by deport
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

Unfortunately so...I think I'd actually like to hear that one.


14 posted on 03/01/2006 7:59:53 AM PST by RichInOC (Stupidity is its own punishment...but not as often as it should be.)
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To: Individual Rights in NJ
I will never purchase a vehicle that transmits any data to anyone.

Careful there with that cell phone IRINJ ... they can track you with that little bad boy too ...

15 posted on 03/01/2006 8:00:55 AM PST by tx_eggman (Islamofascism ... bringing you the best of the 7th century for the past 1300 years.)
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To: Individual Rights in NJ

I'm not sure, but I do know the framework is there now as it was not a short while ago.


16 posted on 03/01/2006 8:01:07 AM PST by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: Red Badger

I wonder if they'll institute a "Call my lawyer" feature.


17 posted on 03/01/2006 8:02:00 AM PST by LIConFem (A fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi.)
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To: 1rudeboy

Representing Deutschland, ja!


18 posted on 03/01/2006 8:03:03 AM PST by Petronski (I love Cyborg!)
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To: stainlessbanner

Kind of like the guy running from the cops at night,
with lights in the sneakers.


20 posted on 03/01/2006 8:04:15 AM PST by IrishMike (Dry Powder is a plus)
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