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Erratic and Impaired Driver Stopped by Off-Duty Trooper

Last updated on Thursday, October 20, 2016

(VANDERBURGH) - An erratic and impaired driver stopped by off-duty trooper was arrested on drug charges.

Tuesday at 9:25 p.m. off-duty Trooper Michael Finney stopped 18-year-old Brandy McCoy of Elberfeld who was driving a 1995 Chevrolet S-10 on Green River Road at Millersburg Road erratically.

When Trooper Finney approached the vehicle he detected a strong odor of marijuana and observed signs that McCoy was impairment.

Trooper's Alexander Welsh and Ross Rafferty arrived to assist. Troopers found approximately 48 grams of marijuana, a marijuana cigar that McCoy was smoking and a digital scale.

McCoy was arrested and taken to the Vanderburgh County Jail on charges of possession of marijuana, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia and operating a vehicle while intoxicated on marijuana.

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