Crime & Safety
Hotboxing Suspect Nets Violation After: 'Yes, That's My Marijuana' on Redlands Road in West Roxbury
The following article is based on a Boston Police report.
Boston Police issued a city ordinance violation for possession of marijuana to one suspect of four found in a car hotboxxing on Redlands Road in West Roxbury.
Around 11:25 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 29, officers were called to 137 Redlands Road for a report of four males inside a vehicle smoking marijuana.
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Officers observed a green Buick with four males inside as smoke emanated from the vehicle, believed to be marijuana, according to a Boston Police report. Officers asked the quartet if they were smoking marijuana, and the suspect said they were, with one allegedly saying, "Yes, that's my marijuana." Police allegedly saw a rolled greenish-brownish cigarette in the front ashtray still burning. The suspect said he had spent the night at his friend's house on Redlands Road along with the other three in the car.
Officers were given consent to search the vehicle and found a red backpack with a mason jar containing a small amount of a substance believed to be marijuana.
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