Police Find Hypodermic Needles in Strange Situation During Traffic Stop

Police stopped a vehicle for speeding on Interstate 77 near Harris Road at around 3 p.m. April 19.

That’s when things got weird.

Officers noticed that there was a auto dealer license plate on the vehicle out of West Virginia.

The driver, a 37-year-old West Virginia man, and his two passengers, said they were delivering the vehicle to a home on E. 71^st Street in Cleveland.

Suspicious of the story, officers called the dealer, who said he didn’t know the driver or the occupants and the car shouldn’t be in Ohio, but at another dealership in West Virginia.

Officers searched the car and found drug paraphernalia — including a few hypodermic needles — but no drugs.

When the man learned that he could bond out of jail, he accepted blame for all the paraphernalia, and paid his $525 in cash.

He had $2,500 in cash in his wallet.

“The purpose of their travel to Cleveland and visit to (the alleged buyer of the car) on this day was not determined,” according to the report.

The car was towed and impounded.