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Woman Charged After Car Containing 229 Pounds of Weed Runs Out of Gas, Police Say
CBS47 ^
| April 18, 2022
| Michelle Ewing
Posted on 04/18/2022 5:17:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A woman is facing a drug charge after police discovered 229 pounds of marijuana inside the car she abandoned on a Tennessee bridge when the vehicle ran out of gas, authorities said.
According to WHBQ-TV, Memphis police arrested Catherine Mardesich, 54, on a charge of possession of a controlled substance in connection with the incident, which occurred Sunday.
In a Facebook post Monday, the department said Tennessee Department of Transportation and Arkansas State Police responded at 3:30 p.m. Sunday to a report of an abandoned Chevrolet Suburban on the Interstate 55 bridge. Authorities moved the vehicle, which had been struck on the bridge, to the nearby Metal Museum so officers could complete the crash report.
“While on the scene, the driver, Catherine Mardesich, returned. The car had been left due to being out of gas,” the post read. “She was advised that the vehicle was to be inventoried and towed. She advised that officers could not go inside the car.”
Officers then approached the car and “smelled raw marijuana coming from the vehicle,” according to the post.
While searching the vehicle, officers found $17,800 and boxes containing 229 pounds of marijuana, WHBQ reported.
Police arrested Mardesich and took her to Jail East in Shelby County, the department said.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; drugs; marijuana; outofgas; stoned; tennessee; weed
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To: nickcarraway
Its so hard to find reliable drug mules these days...
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:18:27 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:19:01 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
To: PGR88
They’re so unreliable. It’s sickening.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:19:25 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Instead of Build Back Better, how about put it back the way you found it?)
To: PGR88
If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself
Oh wait.. never mind
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:23:12 PM PDT
by
algore
To: nickcarraway
More than that is crossing in from Mexico probably every few minutes.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:23:22 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: nickcarraway
Cars run on GAS, not GRASS!
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:23:42 PM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: dragnet2
It’s also grown and sold here legally.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:27:10 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: nickcarraway
Why do you think they call it “Dope”?
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:28:17 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
2 rules:
Don’t get high on your supply
Leave the driving to men
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:29:54 PM PDT
by
thegagline
(Sic semper tyrannis )
To: nickcarraway
Age 54. It looks lime she opted for early retirement.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:29:56 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: EEGator
Hard to believe their still putting people in cages for pot, regardless of the amount. As if making a pot bust now and then will accomplish anything.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:31:31 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Oh I don’t know...she’s kinda got that Cruella DeVille thing going for her.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:31:33 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
To: nickcarraway
Catherine Mardesich
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:31:39 PM PDT
by
csvset
(tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
To: nickcarraway
It will be interesting to see how her defense lawyer handles this. Was it a legal search?
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:33:37 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(I'm Jimmy Crack Corn and I don't care)
To: nickcarraway
High gas prices are part of Biden’s diabolical WOD scheme.
To: dragnet2
Hard to believe their still putting people in cages for pot, regardless of the amount. As if making a pot bust now and then will accomplish anything.It's getting hard just to keep track of the states where it's still illegal.
Apparently, Tennessee.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:37:37 PM PDT
by
Drew68
(Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
To: dragnet2
It’s a waste of time and resources. Not to mention destroying lives.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:37:59 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Hot Tabasco
As long as hillary is not in jail for her national security crimes, there is no rule of law.
Let her go, give the pot back to her.
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posted on
04/18/2022 5:38:14 PM PDT
by
Mogger
To: dragnet2
Arresting people for murder doesn’t cut down on murder.
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