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Teenager says He Picked Up Weed At The Wrong Time
posted (April 21, 2017)
And today another teenager was in court for weed. 18 year old Lionel Lopez appeared in the Magistrate's Court where he was charged with the possession of about 1/10 of an ounce of cannabis. Lopez pled guilty to the charge but explained that it was all a mixup. He says that he was visiting his brother on Arlington drive when he picked something up off the street. He continued to say that before he realized that he had picked up an illicit substance, a mobile police unit came around the corner and busted him.

Because he is a first time offender with no previous convictions, Senior Magistrate Sharon Fraser handed him a non-custodial sentence and fined him $100, plus a $5 court fine. Lopez has until the end of May to pay the fine or serve one month in prison.

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