Crime & Safety

Nervous Man Admits to Marijuana Possession Outside Tobacco Store

Tinley Park police report, Oct. 17.

A Tinley Park man admitted to police he tried to use a marijuana vaporizer while sitting in his Mustang outside an area tobacco store.

Richard E. Janes, 34, of the 8500 block of Cherry Creek Drive, was charged with possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to a Tinley Park police report.

Cops on patrol at about at about 5:40 p.m. on Oct. 17 in the parking lot for 1st Stop Tobacco, 8021 183rd St., noticed a red Ford Mustang parked in front of the business, the report states. The car was half in the handicap stall and did not have a visible placard. Janes was hunched over inside the car and, after about five minutes, went into the store.

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An officer spoke with Janes when he came back out, the report states. When asked what he was doing inside the Mustang, Janes become "extremely nervous" and his hands started shaking. He claimed he was buying cigarettes for his mother.

After some brief questioning, Janes admitted to trying to use a vaporizer to smoke weed, the report states. He told police he had a "few grams" of marijuana in his vehicle.

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A search of the Mustang turned up two grams of a substance that tested positive for marijuana, a glass pipe and packages of rolling papers, the report states.

Janes is due on Nov. 21 in Bridgeview court.

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