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Burned Out Headlight Lands Century Man In Jail On Drug Charges
August 12, 2011
A traffic stop for a burned out headlight landed a Century man behind bars on drug charges.
Maurice Lovell James, 45, was charged with felony cocaine possession, marijuana possession and giving false identification to law enforcement.
An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped James for a burned out headlight on West Highway 4 near North Century Boulevard late Wednesday night. Deputies, according to an arrest report, found crack cocaine in a pill bottle and marijuana in a plastic baggie inside James’ 1990 Mercury Cougar.
James, the report states, first provided deputies with false name and claimed to have a New Jersey driver’s license that was not on his person.
Late Thursday, James remained in the Escambia County Jail with bond set at $2,000.
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3 Responses to “Burned Out Headlight Lands Century Man In Jail On Drug Charges”
Repair to a drug car cuts into the profits. Any upstanding drug dealer knows that.
Gotta love those Mercurys! I would suggest quitting the drug trade or doing a walk around to check the lights. I guess its a good thing this is not 1971, that Cougar might have had the SCJ option.
You know, if I was carrying around drugs in my car I would make sure my lights were in working order. I guess drugs really do make you stupid. Or do stupid people do drugs? So confusing.