Crime & Safety
Looking For a House Leads to Drug Charges
Milwaukee man is looking for his friend's house when a police officer notices he's going too slow.
A 23-year-old Milwaukee man is facing drug charges after he was caught driving too slow through a Menomonee Falls neighborhood in March.
Charles M. Carter was charged in Wednesday with one count of possession of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. If convicted, he faces up to six months in prison and $1,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
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At 9 p.m. March 3, a Menomonee Falls police officer spotted Carter driving near Caroline Drive and Cleveland Avenue, and doing less than 20 miles per hour in a 25 miles per hour speed zone. The officer then discovered the car had a suspended registration, so he pulled it over.
Carter told the officer he was looking for a friend’s house, however, he appeared dazed and the car smelled strongly of marijuana.
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The officer searched the car and found a bottle of vodka with tissue paper stuffed in the neck and 0.13 grams of marijuana on the floor under the driver’s seat.
Carter said he had smoked marijuana earlier in the night before driving to his friend’s house.
He will make his initial appearance in court July 2.
