| Patrol cites man for hidden compartment in vehicle |
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| Written by Sentinel Staff | ||
| Thursday, 29 November 2012 14:38 | ||
Troopers stopped a 2004 Chrysler Pacifica, with Illinois registration, for a marked lanes violation, near milepost 69, at 1:46 p.m. Criminal indicators were observed and a drug-sniffing canine alerted to the vehicle. During a probable cause search, tamper marks were observed on the center console. Further investigation revealed an after-market modification under the center console which was determined to be an electronic hidden compartment. The compartment was opened and was found to contain two cell phones. The driver, Darius Meaux, 44, who has a history of trafficking in narcotics, was charged with hidden compartments in vehicles, a fourth-degree felony and incarcerated in the Wood County Jaustice Center. Meaux could face up to 18 months in prison and up to a $5,000 fine. The Ohio Legislature earlier this year apprrove a law that prohibited designing, building, constructing, fabricating, modifying, or altering a vehicle to create or add a hidden compartment with the intent to facilitate the unlawful concealment or transportation of a controlled substance. It also prohibits operating, possessing, or using a vehicle with a hidden compartment with knowledge that the hidden compartment is used or intended to be used to facilitate the unlawful concealment or transportation of a controlled substance, and prohibits a person who has committed a first or second degree felony violation of aggravated trafficking in drugs from operating, possessing, or using a vehicle with a hidden compartment. |
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| Last Updated on Thursday, 29 November 2012 16:19 |
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