NUTTER FORT, W.Va. (WBOY) — Two Delaware men were charged for marijuana in Harrison County after being pulled over for going 59 miles per hour in a 55.
On July 25, officers with the Nutter Fort Police Department received information of a reckless driver traveling southbound on Interstate 79, according to a criminal complaint.
Officers came in contact with the vehicle at mile marker 116 and followed it for several miles but “did not observe reckless driving,” officers said, “although the driver did enter the construction zone near the Lost Creek exit slightly above the speed limit at 59 miles per hour in a 55 mile-per-hour zone.”
At that point, they performed a traffic stop on the vehicle and learned its registration had expired in January 2023 before making contact with the vehicle’s occupants, identified as Kshawn Cox, 18, of Bridgeville, Delaware; and Colin Hastings, 18, of Greenwood, Delaware, according to the complaint.
While speaking with Cox and Hastings, officers noted “the odor of marijuana” coming from the vehicle, and Cox and Hastings stated they “smelled like marijuana because they had smoked it before leaving Delaware,” officers said.
When officers asked if there was any marijuana in the vehicle, Hastings “produced a plastic bag with a small amount of green leaf substance consistent with the…
