Crime & Safety
It Wasn't 'Just a Cigar'
A Johnston man faces drug possession and suspended license charges after a local officer reported seeing him smoking a marijuana cigar on Atwood Avenue.
charged a local man with one count each of marijuana possession, driving with a suspended license, and driving in possession of drugs following a stop on July 6.
Nicholas W. Zorabedian, 19, of 49 Taylor Rd., Johnston, was traveling south on Atwood Avenue when Ptlm. Robert Cardoza saw him smoking what looked like a "marijuana cigar," according to police reports.
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Cardoza reported that when he approached Zorabedian’s car, he smelled burnt marijuana from inside the vehicle.
According to Cardoza's report, Zorabedian told him: “You pulled me over because you saw me smoking weed,” and said that he also had marijuana stashed under the emergency brake in the car.
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Ptlm. Matthew Leveillee arrived and assisted Cardoza with a search of the car. The oficers found a plastic bag containing 9.5 grams of marijuana; a digital scale; a glass pipe; and a metal pipe “commonly used to smoke marijuana,” according to Leveillee’s report.
Officers formally charged Zorabedian at Johnston Police Headquarters and released him with a summons to appear in Third District Court at a hearing to be scheduled.
