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Two men from Georgia are in jail in Rochester after a traffic stop the day after Christmas recovered about 19 pounds of marijuana.
Teandré Dawayne Johnson, 27, of Atlanta, and Trenton D. McMullen, also 27 and of Palmetto, Ga., made their first appearance Wednesday in Olmsted County District Court.
The case began about 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, when a Minnesota State Patrol officer performed a traffic stop on a vehicle on Interstate 90.
Johnson was driving; McMullen was in the passenger seat.
"Based on his interaction with Johnson," the trooper suspected Johnson was trafficking controlled substances from California, the complaint says, but didn't explain the interaction.
The trooper's drug-sniffing dog alerted on the car. When the officer opened the trunk, he discovered a single duffel bag containing multiple vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana, court documents say.
Johnson first told the trooper he was traveling from California to Rochester, N.Y., then back to Georgia. He later allegedly admitted he picked up the marijuana in California.
McMullen denied knowing anything about the marijuana, but reportedly said he was taking the pills found in the console, adding that they were prescribed to his sister.
The duffel bag contained 19 sealed bags, each weighing about a pound and holding what field-tested positive as marijuana, the complaint says.
The men were both charged with one count each of third-degree controlled substance crime-sale; fifth-degree controlled substance crime-sale; fifth-degree controlled substance crime-possession; and failure to affix a tax stamp-marijuana. All are felonies.
Johnson remains in custody in lieu of $15,000; McMullen's conditional bond is set at $5,000. They're due back in court Jan. 10.
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Teandré Dawayne Johnson, 27, of Atlanta, and Trenton D. McMullen, also 27 and of Palmetto, Ga., made their first appearance Wednesday in Olmsted County District Court.
The case began about 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, when a Minnesota State Patrol officer performed a traffic stop on a vehicle on Interstate 90.
Johnson was driving; McMullen was in the passenger seat.
"Based on his interaction with Johnson," the trooper suspected Johnson was trafficking controlled substances from California, the complaint says, but didn't explain the interaction.
The trooper's drug-sniffing dog alerted on the car. When the officer opened the trunk, he discovered a single duffel bag containing multiple vacuum-sealed bags of marijuana, court documents say.
Johnson first told the trooper he was traveling from California to Rochester, N.Y., then back to Georgia. He later allegedly admitted he picked up the marijuana in California.
McMullen denied knowing anything about the marijuana, but reportedly said he was taking the pills found in the console, adding that they were prescribed to his sister.
The duffel bag contained 19 sealed bags, each weighing about a pound and holding what field-tested positive as marijuana, the complaint says.
The men were both charged with one count each of third-degree controlled substance crime-sale; fifth-degree controlled substance crime-sale; fifth-degree controlled substance crime-possession; and failure to affix a tax stamp-marijuana. All are felonies.
Johnson remains in custody in lieu of $15,000; McMullen's conditional bond is set at $5,000. They're due back in court Jan. 10.
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Full Article: Traffic stop leads to discover of 19 pounds of marijuana | Crime & Courts | postbulletin.com
Author: Kay Fate
Contact: Contact Us | postbulletin.com
Photo Credit: Indiana State Police
Website: postbulletin.com | Rochester, MN | Southeast Minnesota News, Sports, Obituaries, Politics, Food, Arts & Entertainment, Calendar of Events, Classifieds, Business Directory
