Tennessee woman who ran out of gas had 229 pounds of marijuana in SUV abandoned on bridge: police
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Memphis, Tennessee, police said 54-year-old Catherine Mardesich was charged with felony possession after she ran out of gas and abandoned her SUV on a bridge that stretches across the Mississippi River to Arkansas. Officer inspecting the vehicle found 229 pounds of marijuana in boxes inside.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation and Arkansas State Police had responded to the I55 bridge southbound to reports about an unoccupied Chevrolet Suburban abandoned in a lane of traffic. The agencies moved the vehicle to 374 Metal Museum Drive to complete the crash report and tow the car. That’s when Mardesich, who was the driver, returned to the vehicle and explained she had run out of gas.
Law enforcement informed her that the vehicle was to be inventoried and towed, but Mardesich advised that officers could not go inside the car, according to Memphis police.