The driver of a gray Honda stopped on a rural Campbell County highway Sunday said the car was rented, and that it smelled like marijuana when he got it.
That’s probably because there was 75 pounds of pot in the trunk, along with hundreds of vapes that contain liquid THC.
Now the 22-year-old Minnesota man driving the 2024 gray Honda Pilot, Jermaine Walker, faces serious prison time on charges of intent to deliver and possession of illegal drugs. The same is true for the two passengers in the car, Jahrese Adeagbo and Keshawn Barber-Bates, also both 22.
“Once outside of the vehicle, I asked Walker about the odor of marijuana inside the vehicle,” Campbell County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Deputy Brenden Lloyd wrote in an affidavit of probable cause.
“Walker denied marijuana being in the vehicle, and advised the vehicle smelled of marijuana when he picked it up,” the affidavit continues.
That’s when the deputy noticed another of the men in the car, Adeagbo, trying to jump into the driver’s seat in an apparent attempt to get away, leaving his friend behind, Lloyd wrote.
That didn’t work, and with the help of his K-9 partner Wick, they secured the three men until more deputies could arrive. When they did, Wick immediately indicated there were illegal drugs in the trunk, the affidavit says.
In The Trunk …
“While searching the vehicle, in the back trunk area of the vehicle, I located a large black suitcase, a smaller red suitcase, a black duffel bag, a gray duffel bag and a large black trash bag,” the deputy wrote.
Inside was “a large quantity of vacuum-sealed packages containing a green leafy substance” that tested presumptive positive for pot, the affidavit says.
In all, there was about 75 pounds of marijuana in the trunk, along with 537 vapes each containing 2 grams of liquid THC, for a total of 1,074 grams, Lloyd wrote. A large quantity of THC wax also was found, totaling 48 ounces.
Had Walker been driving the car at or below the speed limit, he may not have been stopped.
Lloyd said he noticed the car while patrolling southbound Highway 50 near Sundancer Street at about 10:15 Sunday morning. That’s when he clocked the Honda going 60 mph in a 55 mph zone.
As he continued to observe the car, it entered a 45 mph zone but didn’t brake and continued driving at 54 mph.
“I activated my overhead emergency lights and initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle on Highway 50 just north of Force Road,” the affidavit says.
Now all three men face two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and two of possession of a controlled substance.
If convicted on all charges, they could get up to 30 years in prison, up to $40,000 in fines, or both.
Greg Johnson can be reached at greg@cowboystatedaily.com.
