LAWRENCE -- When Officer Tim Dube pulled his cruiser alongside an illegally parked car on Ames Street at midnight Wednesday, he noticed a telltale odor -- marijuana, he said. The five men in the Honda Civic began to squirm, and Dube ordered them to put their hands where he could see them, he said. Then, he asked for the marijuana, and promised not arrest them if it was a small amount. He'd summons them to court instead, he told them. The men denied having marijuana in the car, but Dube knew he'd smelled it. So he gave them a second chance to come clean and avoid being arrested. [continues 56 words]
When North Andover police caught up with an 18-year-old man who had stolen a BMW and broken into 25 cars in 90 minutes in March, they suspected alcohol wasn't the only thing he was on. In Haverhill, police suspected the same thing early one morning last month when they spotted a car on the Basiliere Bridge facing north in the southbound lane with an incoherent 28-year-old woman at the wheel. [continues 1489 words]
