Jim Finnel
Fallen Cannabis Warrior & Ex News Moderator
GREAT BARRINGTON – A Monument Mountain Regional High School student will be summoned to court on a charge of possessing marijuana, after a staff member reported him to school officials yesterday.
Eric Ross, 18, was driving north on Route 7 toward school yesterday morning when a staff member, also heading north, noticed him driving too closely behind another vehicle, said Police Chief William R. Walsh Jr.
At school, the staff member reported the incident to Assistant Principal Scott Annand. The student was called to the office, where an odor of marijuana was noted, Walsh said.
School personnel then searched his car and found the remains of two small marijuana cigarettes, Walsh said.
Police were called, and a charge was prepared yesterday by Great Barrington Police.
A court date has not been set.
A simple possession charge does not trigger a more serious charge of committing a drug offense within a school zone, which carries a mandatory two-year jail sentence.
Student summoned on marijuana charge
Eric Ross, 18, was driving north on Route 7 toward school yesterday morning when a staff member, also heading north, noticed him driving too closely behind another vehicle, said Police Chief William R. Walsh Jr.
At school, the staff member reported the incident to Assistant Principal Scott Annand. The student was called to the office, where an odor of marijuana was noted, Walsh said.
School personnel then searched his car and found the remains of two small marijuana cigarettes, Walsh said.
Police were called, and a charge was prepared yesterday by Great Barrington Police.
A court date has not been set.
A simple possession charge does not trigger a more serious charge of committing a drug offense within a school zone, which carries a mandatory two-year jail sentence.
Student summoned on marijuana charge