CULVER — On Thursday, Oct. 16, at 9:13 p.m., Officer Alex Zerbee of the Culver Police Department and a Marshall County Deputy located a vehicle that had previously been observed with a suspected odor of marijuana emanating from it.
The vehicle was found parked and unoccupied on the street outside the Culver-Union Township EMS building, and the officers detected an odor of suspected marijuana coming from that vehicle.
Officers were able to make contact with the owner of the vehicle inside the EMS building.
Officers also detected the odor of suspected marijuana coming from the immediate area where the owner of the vehicle, Scott Erickson, 52, of LaPorte, was located.
During the investigation, items labeled as pre-rolled cannabis cigarettes, THC edible, and suspected synthetic urine were located in the vehicle, as well as other suspected marijuana vape devices.
Erickson was arrested by Culver Police and taken to the Marshall County Jail, where he was incarcerated for alleged misdemeanors of possession of marijuana and possession of synthetic urine.
A report will be filed with the Marshall County Prosecutors’ Office for review of formal charges.
Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
