NO INSPECTION STICKER TURNS INTO MAJOR DRUG BUST
ST. ALBANS: A St. Albans Police Officer attempted to stop a car on Friday evening in St. Albans for not having a valid inspection sticker, according to police.
Once the driver stopped the car, police learned that the license plate didn’t belong to the BMW that is was attached to.
The driver, Damon Mosley of St. Albans initially told police that he was Peter Stewart, according to court files. He also told police that he just bought the vehicle.
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A secondary complaint, nine hours later in the Walmart Parking lot, also included Mosley. This time, Mosley was arrested and fingerprinted. That is when police learned that he was not Peter Stewart, as he had told officers earlier in the day.
The arrest was for drug charges, according to police.
A search on a Law Enforcement database informed officers that Mosley was wanted in New York State for a probation violation.
Police obtained a search warrant for Mosley’s apartment. They were initially looking for Marijuana and any Marijuana related paraphernalia, but once inside, officers contacted the court for a second search warrant for a safe, white powder that officers believed to be cocaine, and cash.
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According to court documents, police seized a container of a “green leafy substance,” five small marijuana plants, a grow lab light, a safe, seven bags of cocaine located inside the safe, and $8,640 in cash.
According to court documents, Mosley was growing the plants inside a portable ice fishing shanty, inside his kitchen.
According to the officer, the street value of the cocaine is estimated to be about $3,900 worth.
Mosley is being charged in Vermont with giving false information to a police officer, possession of more than two pounds of marijuana, cultivating more than three marijuana plants, and possessing more than one ounce of cocaine.
If convicted on all the counts, he could serve more than 14 years in prison and be fined more than $260,000.
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