Crime & Safety
Trenton Woman Arrested After Allegedly Texting While Driving
The following information was supplied by the Trenton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A 25-year-old Trenton woman was arrested during a traffic stop for allegedly possessing marijuana at about 10 p.m. Nov. 26.
The woman was pulled over by Trenton police after she allegedly texted while driving, according to a Trenton police report.
Police said the woman was looking at her cell phone and appeared to be reading the screen, while stopped at a red light. About five seconds after the light changed to green the woman looked up and then back down at the phone and began driving, according to the same report.
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An officer then pulled the woman over at Harrison Avenue and Ardmore Street.
The officer said he smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. He asked her to exit the car, so he could look inside and she agreed, according to the report.
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The officer said he searched the car and the woman's purse and found a small black bag that contained two suspected marijuana roaches and a glass pipe with suspected burnt marijuana inside, and a small baggie containing a green leafy substance that smelled like marijuana.
The woman was handcuffed and arrested for alleged possession of marijuana.
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