Police can pull you over for many, many different reasons. Maybe you slow-rolled at that stop sign rather than stopping. That could be a traffic stop. Or maybe, like this Florida man, your window tint was a bit too dark, and police took note. Either way, you probably shouldn’t have a bag full of credit cards with different names.
What started as a traffic stop for an illegal window tint turned into a personal data bust
Ask any cop. Any real cop. They’ll tell you there’s no such thing as a “routine” traffic stop. Did you read that in a Vin Diesel “Dominic Toretto” voice? Opportunity missed if you didn’t. Granted, no two stops are exactly alike, but the reasons behind them can indeed be routine. Like this case of a Coral Springs, Florida, traffic stop.
According to Tap into Coral Springs, police pulled a 23-year-old Florida man over for an illegal window tint. That happens. After all, it’s illegal for Floridians to tint their entire windshields or tint past 28% allowable light permeation. Authorities say they then smelled marijuana smoke coming from the interior of the vehicle. With that, the cops at the scene conducted a vehicle search.
As suspected, they found marijuana. But they found a whole lot more than that as well. The incident report said that police found a Glock 19 handgun and 30 rounds of 9mm ammunition for said weapon. Alarming? Perhaps. But a 23-year-old can transport a handgun in their car in Florida without breaking the law…