Crime & Safety
Speeding Ticket Leads to Marijuana Arrest
The Middletown Police Department reported one arrest from early Thursday morning.
A Massachusetts man stopped for speeding early Thursday morning also ended up charged with marijuana possession.
According to the , Derick Paul Silva, 25, of 1130 Prospect St., Somerset, Mass., was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession, his first offense.
Middletown police stopped the car he was driving around 1:12 a.m. on West Main Road near Rocky’s Hardware for allegedly speeding at 40 miles per hour in a posted 25 mph zone. While one officer was in his police car running a routine background check on Silva, a Newport Police Department officer providing assistance said he observed Silva shoving something down the front of his pants. Silva allegedly told them he was hiding a small amount of marijuana, then retrieved the bag and handed it over to police.
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He was held overnight at the Middletown Police Station pending his arraignment on Thursday morning. He was also cited for speeding, according to the arrest record.
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