Orange police found a large amount of cash and a revolver hidden in the trunk of a car that was in a ditch early Friday morning. Officers reported smelling marijuana in the car, but did not find any. A Houston man was arrested and faces a charge of felon in possession of a firearm.
Lieutenant J.E. Baggett reported officers had a 9-1-1 call at 2:07 a.m. Friday about a car in a ditch off the Interstate 10 access road at the exit by Meeks Drive. Officers found the driver standing outside the convenience store at 16th Street and Interstate 10.
When the man opened the car, police smelled marijuana. They opened the trunk and found a duffle bag with clothes. Lieutenant Baggett said they lifted the trunk liner on the passenger side and found two bundles of cash totaling $3,326.
At that time, police had to wait for a tow truck to get the car out of the water-filled ditch. When the car was taken to the nearby parking lot, the officers found a revolver wrapped in cloth under the trunk liner on the driver’s side.
Lieutenant Baggett said the criminal search showed the man had a previous felony conviction. Eric Demond Johnson of Houston was arrested for the felony charge of felon in possession of a firearm. He was taken to the Orange County Jail.
Police arrested a 27-year-old man for public intoxication early Sunday morning after finding a pickup truck in a ditch. Officer V. Woodle reported going to the corner of Highway 87 and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at 12:43 a.m. She found a Ford F150 pickup in the ditch and the man in the passenger seat. The man told her he had no idea what happened or how he ended up in the ditch. He told someone else was driving because he was drunk. Officer Woodle said no one else was in the vicinity. She arrested the man from Orange and took him to the county jail.
An alarm notified police of an attempted break-in early Saturday morning in Navy Park. Police went to the 200 block of Knox. Officer T.P. Pruitt reported finding the back door open. He found wood shavings, damage to the latch plate and pry marks.
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