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Police: Reckless Driver was Under the Influence of a Controlled Substance

A blood toxicology report showed that Gabrielle Greenberg of Plainfield Township was under the influence of a controlled substance when she was pulled over by police in Lower Nazareth.

 

A Plainfield Township woman is facing drug charges after a blood toxicology report showed she was under the influence of a controlled substance when she was pulled over by Colonial Regional Police on Dec. 18.

According to a press release from Colonial Regional, Gabrielle Greenberg, 21, of the 600 block of Youngs Hill Road is facing charges of driving under the influence, possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. She will also receive a traffic citation.

According to the release:

Police were dispatched on Dec. 18 around 1:16 a.m. for a report of a reckless driver traveling east on Route 248.

The witness who called in the report followed the blue Honda in question to Wal-Mart in the Northampton Crossings shopping center and then to Wawa, where officers located the vehicle.

Officers detected an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle being driven by Greenberg. She was then taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence of a controlled substance and taken to the Bethlehem DUI center. A blood toxicology report indicated that she was under the influence of a controlled substance.

Greenberg's car was impounded and a search warrant was obtained. Officers found a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Charges will be filed through District Judge Joseph Barner's office.

Related Topics: Colonial Regional Police, Controlled Substance, Gabrielle Greenberg, Marijuana Possession, Plainfield Township, and Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia

93GEO-Metro

6:44 pm on Tuesday, January 3, 2012

If marijuana is a controlled substance, then those that are suppose to be controlling the distribution of it ought to also held accountable since they're not controlling it very well. Let's call it what it is and that's an "Illegal Drug" period.

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