Pubdate: Mon, 06 Oct 2008
Source: News-Press (Fort Myers, FL)
Copyright: 2008 The News-Press
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MARIJUANA CHARGE DROPPED AGAINST CAPE CORAL POLICE OFFICER

State prosecutors in Key West have dropped a  misdemeanor marijuana
charge against a Cape Coral  police officer.

Officer Curt Suskevich, 37, and his wife, Christine  Suskevich, 34,
were arrested by Key West police on Aug.  19 on charges of misdemeanor
marijuana possession.

Christine Suskevich was also charged with discharging a  firearm under
the influence of alcohol and possession  drug paraphernalia.

The couple had been staying in Key West.

She told police she tried to get her husband's  attention after an
argument and fired a gun from the  kitchen toward a back bedroom,
police reports state.

Police said they found some half smoked marijuana  cigarettes in a tin
can atop the kitchen counter along  with a pipe commonly used for
smoking marijuana,  reports state.

The marijuana was hers, according to reports.

The Monroe County State Attorney's Office last month  dropped the
marijuana charge against Curt Suskevich.

"The police determined he had nothing to do with any of  the alleged
crimes," said Matthew Helmerich, spokesman  for the state attorney's
office.

An internal investigation of Curt Suskevich by the Cape  Coral Police
Department has begun, said Connie Barron,  police spokeswoman.

She said the officer, who had been on paid  administrative leave, is
now on administrative duty  until the investigation is finished.

Meanwhile, a trial for his wife on her charges has been  scheduled for
Nov. 17 in Key West.
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