Man Charged with Drinking, Smoking Marijuana in Grocery Store Parking Lot

A Lexington man is facing drug charges and a drinking in public charge after police say they found him smoking marijuana and drinking beer and vodka in his car in the Publix parking lot on Old Cherokee Road. 

John E. Bodine, 50, is charged with simple possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and drinking in public. 

An agent with the State Law Enforcement Division called Lexington Police around 6:30 p.m.on April 26 after he said he saw Bodine "take a hit off the pipe, then take a drink of beer and then a drink of liquor," according to an incident report. 

When the police officer arrived and searched Bodine's car, he found a black case in the passenger's seat containing a pipe and a small bag containing a green leaf-like substance suspected to be marijuana, according to the report. He also found two open beer cans, two empty vodka bottles and a nearly-full bottle of vodka. 

Bodine was booked at the Lexington County Detention Center.