DFW DPS Report Throwing ciggie butt leads to illegal drug arrest
by Bill Leader October 8, 2009
If only he hadn’t thrown his cigarette butt out of the car window. The 25-year-old man’s action of discarding a cigarette butt as he drove away from Terminal D indirectly led to his arrest for possession of illegal drugs. In the morning of Tuesday, September 15, DFW DPS officer was on routine patrol on the Terminal D circulation roadway. Traveling in front of him was a 1998 Toyota 4Runner. As the officer followed he saw the driver of the Toyota throw a cigarette butt out of the window. The officer activated his emergency lights. The driver pulled over and stopped. The officer asked the driver, the 25-year-old man, if there were any illegal substances in his car. The man, who is unemployed, and a resident of Arlington stated he had some marijuana. The man assented to the officer searching his car. On the front seat of the car, the officer found marijuana in a red bag. There were also some drug paraphernalia including a blue glass marijuana smoking pipe; black and red with a stone head smoking pipe and a metal box containing marijuana filters. Thursday, September 17 9:55 a.m. Two power tools valued at $2,032.21 disappeared from the American Airlines automotive shop at 1730 North Service Road. An American Airlines ground equipment maintenance supervisor, a 51-year-old man, reported that a Grainger 12 inch disc sander (value $1,281.51) and a Ingersol Rand 2.1 HP circular grinder (value $740.70) disappeared from the shop. The Grainger disc sander, which weighs 150 lbs, was in the fabrication shop. It was discovered gone on Friday, September 11. The Ingersoll Rand grinder was last seen on Monday, September 7. This piece of equipment had been stored in a metal cabinet. However, it and other pieces of equipment had been moved in order to repaint the floor. DPS have requested the serial numbers to enter into the NCIC (national crime information computer).
5:53 p.m. While a 35-year-old woman was out playing golf a thief broke into her car, stole her purse and used the woman’s credit card to run up an $800 bill at a Target store. She had gone to the Bear Creek Golf Club to play golf in a company golf tournament. She had arrived at the golf club at 1 p.m. and parked her car, a 2004 Toyota 4Runner in the overflow parking lot near the Bear Creek pavilion. While out on the course and about 3:15 p.m. she received a call from her husband. Her husband stated that American Express had called inquiring about purchases amounting to over $800 on her credit card. The items were purchased at a Target store in Irving. She informed her husband she had not used her credit card for any purchases. The woman told DFW DPS officers that she had assumed someone had somehow got hold of her credit card number and information and made a duplicate. She resumed her game. But about 4:30 p.m. she discovered the real truth.
A thief had smashed the rear passenger side window of her 4Runner. She looked inside and discovered her purse had been removed. She values the black leather Coach purse at $350 and the black leather Coach wallet at $150. Along with the missing purse there was a Visa credit card, a debit card, Texas driver’s license, social security card and the social security cards of her son and daughter, Guess sunglasses valued at $150 and another pair of eyeglasses valued at $200. 5:33 p.m. A supervisor of the Blue Bamboo Express and Blue Mesa restaurants, a 6-foot 5-inch tall 228pound man threatened to kick the –ss of a customer. This according to the customer. The Blue Bamboo Express restaurant is located in Terminal D, Gate 30. An American Airlines Air Tech employee, a 43-year-old man, said he was seated in the restaurant waiting for his meal. He has reported to DFW DPS that the supervisor screamed at him from the Blue Mesa Restaurant. The supervisor told the AA employee to “leave my workers alone as they have work to do.” The AAer told police he decided to leave the restaurant as he didn’t want “any trouble.” But, as he was walking away, the hefty supervisor followed him shouting “I will kick your –ss.” The AAer said he had not intended to file a report. But, since the incident, he told police, the man had told other people he was going to “kick my –ss.” The DPS officer decided to file a report on behalf of the man, who says he was threatened. The man, who was threatened, believes the restaurant supervisor is trying to get him fired. Saturday, September 19 2:06 p.m. An American Eagle flight attendant, a 52-year-old woman, reported that her specialized license plate––FIGHT TERRORISM––was stolen. The woman reported to DPS she had parked her 2007 Saturn car in the South Employee parking lot about 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16, to work a four-day trip for American Eagle. She returned to her car on Saturday, September 19, to find her plate gone. The plate’s value is assessed at $6.30. Sunday, September 20 11:24 p.m. A driver, who a DPS officer had stopped because of his erratic driving, told the officer he had been to a “friend’s house” and had been watching “the Texas/OU Game.” The officer found this strange because Texas and OU had not played that night. The Longhorns and Sooners will play Saturday, October 17. The officer had made the decision to stop the driver of a 2004 Ford Explorer because the driver appeared to have difficulty in keeping the vehicle under control. Driving a patrol car on the South Service Rd., the officer paced the vehicle and found it to be traveling at 53 m.p.h. in the 35 m.p.h. speed limit zone. From time to time the driver of the Explorer would suddenly brake sharply and then weave inside the lane. The officer pulled over the driver of the Explorer. Noticing a whiff of alcohol the officer asked the man, 30years-old and a resident of Irving, how much he had consumed. The man responded, “about a 12-pack of beer.” The officer asked the man if he had ever been arrested for driving while intoxicated before. The man responded, “Yes, three times.” The man failed a sobriety test and was arrested. The officer checked on the man’s prior conviction and found at least he was truthful. There were three previous convictions for driving while intoxicated. Because of the previous conviction the officer decided to convey the man to Baylor Medical Center for a blood sample.