Woman Ran Out of Gas, Forced to Leave Car With 229 Pounds of Marijuana

[Sugar Cookie]

A Tennessee woman was arrested after police seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana from her abandoned vehicle after it ran out of gas, police said.

The Memphis Police Department announced Monday that Catherine Mardesich, 54, was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance, marijuana after allegedly abandoning her SUV on a Memphis bridge.

Crump Station Officers were dispatched Sunday afternoon to meet Arkansas State Police at a bridge that runs across the Mississippi River connecting Memphis, Tennessee to West Memphis, Arkansas.

Earlier on Sunday, Arkansas State Police and the Tennessee Department of Transportation were called to the bridge about a report of a vehicle abandoned in a lane of traffic that was struck by another driver.

When TDOT and Arkansas police moved the vehicle off the bridge to file a crash report, Mardesich returned, according to police.

Police discovered she left the car because it ran out of gas and she was informed the vehicle would be towed and inventoried.

"She advised that officers could not go inside the car. As officers approached the vehicle, they smelled raw marijuana coming from the vehicle," police said in a statement.

Inside the Chevrolet Suburban, police discovered 229 pounds of marijuana placed in multiple boxes and a duffel bag, police said. Police also found a "large sum" of money inside the vehicle.

Mardesich was detained and transported to the Jail East in Shelby County, Tennessee. She was charged with possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, a Class B felony in Tennessee.

If convicted, Mardesich could face between eight to 30 years in prison plus fines up to $200,000.

MSN

 

[Satanica]

You deserve to get busted, if you're that stupid. If you plan on using your car in the act of committing a serious crime, then you make sure you have enough gas, duh. Surely she can't be the mastermind behind this operation.

 

[MildlyMedicated]

Catherine: "Uh, Hi my name is Catherine.... and Uh I'm a complete dumbass"
chorus of others (at dumb ass anonymous meeting): Hi, Catherine!

 

[Metalfan]

Wow what a dangerous substance.Meanwhile people are getting robbed,shot,raped,beaten,ect ect!!!!

 

[VLGRDSPLY]

You deserve to get busted, if you're that stupid. If you plan on using your car in the act of committing a serious crime, then you make sure you have enough gas, duh. Surely she can't be the mastermind behind this operation.

In the words of Biggie Smalls -

"Number 4, I know you heard this before! Never get high on your own supply"

 

[Blizzard]

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229 pounds of marijuana

This is when the woman is like

wtf, it was supposed to be 250 lbs, i want my money back, bitch