LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Northern Indiana police say a man registering as a sex offender at a county jail is facing drug charges after a bag of marijuana allegedly fell out of his pocket in the jail.
Tippecanoe County Sheriff Detective Jason Morgan says 22-year-old Jacquez Lewis arrived Tuesday at the county jail in Lafayette to register as a sex offender for an Illinois conviction.
Morgan tells the Journal & Courier (https://on.jconline.com/1gerS8H ) he asked Lewis for his identification to begin the registration process, but when Lewis reached into his pocket to get his license “a baggie of marijuana fell onto the counter.”
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Morgan says Lewis told him he’d found the marijuana. Lewis faces a preliminary charge of possession of marijuana.
Lewis was released from the jail after posting bond.
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Information from: Journal and Courier, https://www.jconline.com
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