Former NFL football player arrested on drugs, weapons charges
PLEASANT GROVE, Ala. » A former University of Alabama and NFL football player has been arrested on drug and weapons charges in suburban Birmingham.
Pleasant Grove Police Lt. Danny Reid says 34-year-old Alonzo Ephraim was stopped Monday night for a traffic violation and authorities smelled marijuana as they approached the vehicle.
Reid says when Ephraim was questioned he told police there was a small amount of marijuana in the car along with ecstasy and a pistol he didn’t have a permit for.
Reid says Ephraim was taken into custody and faces a felony charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession and carrying a firearm without a license.
After leaving the University of Alabama, Ephraim played for the Philadelphia Eagles, the Miami Dolphins and the Cleveland Browns.
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What race is he?
He is African American, but the media won’t say that they might be hit with racism by the DOJ.
He must have been pretty stoned to admit all that to the cops upon his stop. I can imagine he was laughing and giggling while admitting he had X, weed, and a gun in the car.
It can’t be overstated: as a general principle, never give up your right to keep silent, never give up your right to have an attorney present, and never consent to a search without a warrant. As to the latter, an officer may invoke probable cause to conduct a search anyway, but you must still make it politely clear that it is being conducted without your consent. Unless you’re comparable to the Pope (and probably not even then) it’s unwise to dismiss your constitutional protections.
In Hawaii, the so-called Weissich Law applies. A search of areas within reach of the driver or other person within a vehicle incident to a lawful arrest is a permissible search. For other areas of the vehicle or within closed bags, suitcases, etc. the vehicle and its contents my be impounded assuming probable cause exists and held until a warrant is issued.
Weed? Roll ‘Tide.