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[/h1][h1]Pot found in star pitcher's car during I-5 speed stop[/h1]
Thursday, November 5 | 2:14 p.m.
http://columbian.com/arti...NEWS02/711069987/-1/news
BY SCOTT HEWITT
COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER
Tim Lincecum, star pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, is facing charges of misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia use after beingstopped for speeding on I-5 last week.
At 8:23 a.m. Oct. 30, Washington State Patrol trooper and spokesman Steve Schatzel said, a motorcycle trooper working with a laser device timed a 2006 MercedesBenz doing 74 mph northbound in Hazel Dell near Northeast 78th Street - where the speed limit is 60 mph.
The trooper pulled the Mercedes over. When the driver, Lincecum, rolled down his window, the trooper smelled marijuana. He asked Lincecum to hand it over, andLincecum reached into his dashboard console and produced a small pouch and a pipe, Schatzel said.
The amount was 3.3 grams, Schatzel said, which is considered only enough for personal use. Lincecum did not appear to be impaired behind the wheel and is notbeing charged with a felony crime, Schatzel said.
"Not unless there's something else going on," Schatzel said. "With this amount of marijuana, that's normally the way we deal withit."
He said 3.3 grams is about the size of a human thumb.
Lincecum "was cited and released," Schatzel said. The speeding citation was for $122. He is expected to be arraigned on Nov. 23 in Clark CountyDistrict Court.
Schatzel said the motorcycle officer was joined by another officer in a marked patrol car; one didn't know who Lincecum was but the other recognized thename of the 2008 National League Cy Young Award winner.
He said the troopers didn't do anything that wasn't routine.
Lincecum, 25, is a native of Bellevue. He attended Liberty High School in Renton, where was the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington. Helater starred for the University of Washington, winning in the Golden Spikes award in 2006 as the nation's top amateur baseball player.
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[/h1][h1]Pot found in star pitcher's car during I-5 speed stop[/h1]
Thursday, November 5 | 2:14 p.m.
http://columbian.com/arti...NEWS02/711069987/-1/news
BY SCOTT HEWITT
COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER
Tim Lincecum, star pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, is facing charges of misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia use after beingstopped for speeding on I-5 last week.
At 8:23 a.m. Oct. 30, Washington State Patrol trooper and spokesman Steve Schatzel said, a motorcycle trooper working with a laser device timed a 2006 MercedesBenz doing 74 mph northbound in Hazel Dell near Northeast 78th Street - where the speed limit is 60 mph.
The trooper pulled the Mercedes over. When the driver, Lincecum, rolled down his window, the trooper smelled marijuana. He asked Lincecum to hand it over, andLincecum reached into his dashboard console and produced a small pouch and a pipe, Schatzel said.
The amount was 3.3 grams, Schatzel said, which is considered only enough for personal use. Lincecum did not appear to be impaired behind the wheel and is notbeing charged with a felony crime, Schatzel said.
"Not unless there's something else going on," Schatzel said. "With this amount of marijuana, that's normally the way we deal withit."
He said 3.3 grams is about the size of a human thumb.
Lincecum "was cited and released," Schatzel said. The speeding citation was for $122. He is expected to be arraigned on Nov. 23 in Clark CountyDistrict Court.
Schatzel said the motorcycle officer was joined by another officer in a marked patrol car; one didn't know who Lincecum was but the other recognized thename of the 2008 National League Cy Young Award winner.
He said the troopers didn't do anything that wasn't routine.
Lincecum, 25, is a native of Bellevue. He attended Liberty High School in Renton, where was the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington. Helater starred for the University of Washington, winning in the Golden Spikes award in 2006 as the nation's top amateur baseball player.
