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Illegal Tint Leads to Multiple Marijuana Charges

It's an unfortunate fact that the words "illegal window tint" appear in a large number of police reports nationwide. Polling daily news reports from around the country will provide an exhausting number of incidents. Illegal tint is so closely associated with "suspicious vehicles," that officers frequently admit it is one of their number one tools for identifying potential criminals.

Is Tint an Officer's Best Friend?

This week's list includes a high number of marijuana related offenses:

Alpharetta, Ga.-Illegal tint led to yet another drug bust recently, when a police officer pulled Brandon L. Cesari, 18, of Lewward Walk Court, Alpharetta, over and discovered marijuana. He was arrested for both offenses … Naples, Fla.-Tinted windows may have kept illegal drugs out of view for the human eye, but they did little to interfere with narcotics dogs recently in Fla. And illegal tint gave police the permission they needed to pull and search Collin Parkes car. After dogs gave a positive alert, police found eight to ten pounds of marijuana … Alexandria, La.-It will cost Damino 'Bo' Davis $41,000 to get out of jail after being pulled for illegal tint. In the process, police discovered he had no driver's license and was carrying three pounds of marijuana … Naples, Fla.-When police recently pulled Nixon Joseph, 22, and his passenger Fritzco Desir, 21, the two nearly got away with a simple illegal tint charge-that is, until they found 10 grams of marijuana and 100 pieces of crack cocaine. While police were writing the tint citation, a drug dog alerted them to narcotics in the vehicle …