A Texas man was arrested on Interstate 20 near Simsboro last week after a trooper stopped him for several traffic violations and later found marijuana in the vehicle.
Rodriguez Gerard Monette, 38, of Grand Prairie, Texas, was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute on Oct. 22.
Lynette was stopped after a trooper on Interstate 20 observed his Chevrolet Tahoe cross the while fog line onto the shoulder of the road and then follow a commercial vehicle too closely. The trooper also noted the Tahoe drifted onto the shoulder a second time and then slowed to 48 miles an hour on the Interstate before exiting at milepost 78 without a turn signal.
Monette said he was traveling from Dallas, Texas, to Atlanta, Georgia, for a rap video. The trooper smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from Monette.
A search of the vehicle located a plastic bag of suspected marijuana in the driver’s door and a bag of marijuana in the center console. On the driver’s floorboard, the trooper located 12 small unused packages commonly used the package smaller quantities of marijuana for sale. Monette claimed ownership of all the marijuana consisting of approximately 63 grams.
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