A Pittsburgh man accused of illegally having two loaded guns – one of them stolen – in a car he was driving Sunday in East Deer stuffed a marijuana blunt down his pants when he was pulled over by state troopers, police said.
Police said they pulled over a car driven by Kenneth Sharp-Haymon, 18, along Route 28 because it didn’t have a temporary tag in the correct spot.
When Trooper Charles Hoffman approached the car, he said he could smell a strong odor of burnt marijuana and Sharp-Haymon’s eyes appeared to be glassy and blood-shot. Sharp-Haymon told the officer he had been driving home from his girlfriend’s house, the complaint said.
Hoffman said Sharp-Haymon showed signs of impairment in field sobriety tests. A drug recognition expert later said Sharp-Haymon appeared to be impaired, the complaint said. Sharp-Haymon refused to submit to a blood test.
A search of the car turned up two loaded guns, one of which had been reported stolen, along with ammunition, burnt marijuana and a scale for weighing drugs, the complaint said.
Sharp-Haymon told the trooper the car didn’t belong to him and he wasn’t responsible for anything in it, the complaint said.
Hoffman reported in the complaint that Sharp-Haymon did not stop moving around during the ride to the police barracks. There, Hoffman searched Sharp-Haymon and said he found a blunt stuffed down the front of his pants.
Sharp-Haymon was charged with receiving stolen property, persons not to possess firearms, carrying a firearm without a license, drug possession, driving under the influence and a traffic violation. Online court records showed he was released after posting $5,000 bond.
