Traffic Stop Leads Bryan PD to Finding High Quality Marijuana
Featured Stories, News Sunday, December 2nd, 2012
(L-R) Photos of Taylor Gadus, Dakota Zehnder & Kevin Zehnder courtesy of Brazos County’s Judicial Records Search at: http://justiceweb.co.brazos.tx.us
A driver failing to stop his car behind the white line led to being pulled over by a Bryan policeman.
The traffic stop led to officers discovering 9.5 pounds of high-quality hydroponic marijuana with an estimated value of $75,500 and more than $5,000 cash.
Three men were arrested from the Saturday afternoon incident at Highway 21 and the Rudder Freeway.
Taken to the Brazos County Jail were 20 year old Dakota Zehnder and 23 year old Kevin Zehnder of Tyler and 21 year old Taylor Gadus of Elgin.
According to the arrest report, the patrolman who saw the traffic infraction and stopped the eastbound car was told by Kevin Zehnder they were on their way to his grandmother’s house.
The officer said he smelled marijuana after a car window was partially opened.
Inside the car was a opened bag of chips containing $2,600 in cash. Another $2,570 in cash was found in Kevin Zehnder’s pants, which he said he earned working construction jobs.
Nine large bags of marijuana were found in two combination lock containers and a 10th bag was in a backpack.
Also seized was a duffel bag containing a food saver machine and a digital scale and cell phones belonging to all three suspects, which officers say were all ringing constantly during the search. The Zehnder’s mother told WTAW News she, other family members, and a veternarian were among those calling those phones.
A dog in the car was also taken to jail until it was picked up by Zehnder’s mother.
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Posted by Bill Oliver
on Dec 2 2012. Filed under Featured Stories, News.
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Thanks to Prohibition, we now have a far higher percentage of our own citizens locked in cages than any other nation on the whole planet. Apart from the fact that these extra prisoners are not contributing economically to society, it also costs 50,000 dollars per annum to incarcerate them. Additionally, their families often go on government assistance, leaving the average tax payer to pick up the bill. Their kids may also be taken into care, or raised by foster parents—again with our money. Now add to all this: the court costs, jail costs, and the salaries of all those people that have to deal with the enforcement of prohibition—like police officers, judges and public defenders—and you’ll start to get a fair idea of why “Black Thursday” (October 24, 1929) happened during the period of another of our great experiments: Alcohol Prohibition (1919-1933)
Just legalize the crap. I don’t smoke it but I bet alcohol has destroyed more families than marijuana has. Plus, think of all the tax dollars we wouldn’t have to spend on housing these dingdongs and the tax dollars made from a new industry.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. Leave these kids alone and go chase the real drug dealers and violent criminals. Our system is a hypocritical monster.