Original Blog Entry: Man brings pot pipe to court

truesee — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:41:57 GMT

Man put marijuana pipe in security tray at St. Lucie courthouse, deputies say

Will Greenlee

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Clinton J. Gordon

FORT PIERCE A 39-year-old man was arrested after a security officer determined he had something unusual among the items to be checked at a security checkpoint at the downtown courthouse.

As the items were checked (the security officer) determined that one item was a marijuana smoking pipe, an arrest report states.

A deputy checked out the pipe and concluded that, indeed, it was a pot smoking pipe by the smell and residue, the report states.

Clinton J. Gordon, of the 2700 block of Wildwood Lane, faces a misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia charge in connection with the 10:30 a.m. Tuesday incident.

The private security officer had reported to a St. Lucie County Sheriff s Office deputy that Gordon came in the courthouse and surrendered his items at the security checkpoint.

Gordon was released Tuesday from the St. Lucie County jail on $500 bail, a jail official said.

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