Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Oct 8, 2005 9:35:23 GMT -5
October 7, 2005 (BELLEVILLE, Ill.) - Demarco Cortez Whatley of East St. Louis remembered he had to pay a 500-dollar fine at the St. Clair County courthouse.
But the 24-year-old says he forgot he had six baggies of marijuana in his pockets.
Bailiff D'Wayne Sargent says he and his colleagues discovered the marijuana when they searched Whatley after a courthouse metal detector sounded when he walked through.
They found marijuana in one of Whatley's back pockets and both front pockets
Sargent says Whatley told them he forgot is was there.
Whatley now is charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. It's punishable by a thousand-dollar fine and up to a year in prison.
But the 24-year-old says he forgot he had six baggies of marijuana in his pockets.
Bailiff D'Wayne Sargent says he and his colleagues discovered the marijuana when they searched Whatley after a courthouse metal detector sounded when he walked through.
They found marijuana in one of Whatley's back pockets and both front pockets
Sargent says Whatley told them he forgot is was there.
Whatley now is charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. It's punishable by a thousand-dollar fine and up to a year in prison.
