Police bust a Florida man with 10 credit cards, cash, a gun, and drugs during a ‘routine’ traffic stop
Police can pull you over for many, many different reasons. Maybe you slow-rolled at that stop sign rather than stopping. That could be a traffic stop. Or maybe, like this Florida man, your window tint was a bit too dark, and police took note. Either way, you probably shouldn’t have a bag full of credit cards with different names.
What started as a traffic stop for an illegal window tint turned into a personal data bust
Ask any cop. Any real cop. They’ll tell you there’s no such thing as a “routine” traffic stop. Did you read that in a Vin Diesel “Dominic Toretto” voice? Opportunity missed if you didn’t. Granted, no two stops are exactly alike, but the reasons behind them can indeed be routine. Like this case of a Coral Springs, Florida, traffic stop.
According to Tap into Coral Springs, police pulled a 23-year-old Florida man over for an illegal window tint. That happens. After all, it’s illegal for Floridians to tint their entire windshields or tint past 28% allowable light permeation. Authorities say they then smelled marijuana smoke coming from the interior of the vehicle. With that, the cops at the scene conducted a vehicle search.
As suspected, they found marijuana. But they found a whole lot more than that as well. The incident report said that police found a Glock 19 handgun and 30 rounds of 9mm ammunition for said weapon. Alarming? Perhaps. But a 23-year-old can transport a handgun in their car in Florida without breaking the law.
Troublingly, the traffic stop search also uncovered 10 credit cards with different names, $3,000 in cash, and four cell phones. Pair that with the small amount of marijuana, and the Florida man is looking at some trouble. Initially, the driver told police that the bag containing the illegal items was his. But, perhaps anticipating the trouble, changed his story and said the bag belonged to someone he had talked to at a recent boat party.
Coral Springs authorities charged the man with possession of marijuana, carrying a concealed firearm during a felony, and unlawful possession of personal identification information (PII). However, the authorities say that the man was released on bond.
