CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.
– A girl, whose driver’s license was revoked after being suspended 13 instances, was busted for being behind the wheel, police say.
A Coral Springs Police officer was on patrol when he noticed a Toyota Avalon touring on Pattern Highway final month.
The officer did a data test and located that the license plate on the Avalon was assigned to a Chrysler van.
The officer pulled over the automotive, and mentioned that the driving force Maria Elena Pineda, 34, “was visibly nervous and suggested she was out of jail on bond for driving whereas her license was suspended.
The officer mentioned he smelled a robust odor of hashish coming from the automotive, and requested Pineda if there have been narcotics within the automotive.
He mentioned that she replied that there was marijuana.
Throughout an additional test, the officer discovered that Pineda was a recurring visitors violator, and that her license had been suspended 13 instances with 4 earlier convictions for driving and not using a license.
The officer eliminated Pineda from the automotive and positioned her in handcuffs.
He mentioned he then noticed a glass pipe within the driver’s seat.
He mentioned the pipe was examined and located to have cocaine residue.
The officer additionally mentioned that he discovered two baggage of marijuana in Pineda’s purse.
Pineda was arrested and booked into the Broward County Jail.
She is charged with driving and not using a license by a recurring visitors violator, attaching a license plate to a car that it’s not assigned to, possession of hashish and possession of drug paraphernalia.
She has since bonded out of jail.
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