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ON 01/08/2009 TROOPERS STOPPED A SILVER 2002 HONDA ACCORD TRAVELING EASTBOUND I-80 AROUND THE SALT LAKE/TOOELE COUNTY LINE. THE DRIVER FAILED TO PROPERLY SIGNAL HIS LANE CHANGE AND WAS STOPPED FOR THE VIOLATION. THE DRIVER APPEARED TO BE VERY NERVOUS AND SHOWED OTHER SIGNS THAT HE COULD BE INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. THE OFFICER THEN HAD THE DRIVER COME BACK TO MY VEHICLE, AND INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE HIM A TICKET JUST A WARNING BUT HE NEEDED HIS INFORMATION. WHILE THE DRIVER WAS IN THE OFFICERS VEHICLE THEY ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION, HIS NERVOUSNESS NEVER DECREASED IT ONLY INCREASED. HIS CAROTID PULSE WAS VISIBLE IN HIS NECK, HE WAS STILL SHAKING, HIS VOICE WAS CRACKING AND HE STUTTERED SEVERAL TIMES. WHILE THE DRIVER WAS STILL IN THE OFFICERS VEHICLE THE TROOPER WENT BACK UP TO THE SUSPECTS VEHICLE TO CHECK THE VIN ON THE INSIDE OF THE DRIVERS DOOR. THE PASSENGER HAD LOCKED THE DOOR SO THE OFFICER ASKED HER TO OPEN IT. SHE THEN ROLLED THE WINDOW DOWN ABOUT 3 INCHES, HE AGAIN ASKED THAT SHE OPEN THE DOOR SHE DID SO VERY RELUCTANTLY. THE TROOPER KNEELED DOWN TO CHECK THE VIN AND WHEN HE DID HE COULD SMELL A SLIGHT ODOR OF RAW MARIJUANA. THE OFFICER RETURNED TO HIS VEHICLE, HE GAVE THE DRIVER ALL OF HIS INFORMATION BACK, THEY SHOOK HANDS AND HE OPENED THE DOOR TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. AT THAT POINT THE OFFICER ASKED IF HE DIDN’T MIND IF I ASKED A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. HE STATED SURE. THE TROOPER ASKED ABOUT THE SMELL OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM HIS VEHICLE, HE REPEATS HIS QUESTION AND SAYS NO THERE’S NOTHING LIKE THAT IN THERE I PROMISE. THE ASKED A FEW MORE QUESTIONS WHICH HE ANSWERED NO TO ALL OF THEM HE THEN ASKED TO SEARCH HIS VEHICLE, HE STATED HE DIDN’T THINK THAT WAS NECESSARY, AND HE DENIED CONSENT TO SEARCH. THE OFFICER INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO RUN HIS K-9 AROUND HIS VEHICLE, AND ALSO TO HAVE HIS GIRLFRIEND EXIT THE VEHICLE. ONCE THEY WERE A SAFE DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE HE DEPLOYED HIS K-9 (JEKYLL). THE K-9 ALERTED TO BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR’S HE THEN GAVE AN AGGRESSIVE INDICATION ON THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE. ONCE HE GOT INSIDE THE VEHICLE HE PRIEDPRIED OPEN A SMALL DOOR IN BETWEEN THE BACK SEAT AND HE LOCATED BLACK GARBAGE BAGS WHICH CONTAINED VACUUM SEALED BAGS OF MARIJUANA. THE TRUNK WAS SECURED WITH 4 LOCKS, THE LOCK ON THE OUTSIDE, A LOCK THAT PREVENTED THE SEATS BEING FOLDED DOWN, A LOCK ON THE SKI DOOR IN BETWEEN THE SEATS, AND THE LAST LOCK ON THE FLOOR BY THE DRIVERS SEAT THAT PREVENTED THE TRUNK LATCH BEING PULLED.
2 SUBJECTS 1 MALE : MICHAEL J SCHOLZ 03/1987 OUT OF COLORADO SPRINGS CO
1 FEMALE : SINA C WALKER 12/1987 OUT OF COLORADO SPRINGS CO
VEHICLE : 2002 SILVER HONDA ACCORD COLORADO LISTING
SEIZED : 62 LBS HIGH GRADE MARIJUANA, $3,000 IN CASH, 1 PRE-PAID PHONE AND A FOOD SAVER VACUUM SEALER WITH BAGS.