MINUTES AGO!!! Sam arrested for drug use— Fans Left in Shock!
Why was Sam Wilson charged with cocaine possession?
According to an affidavit by an officer from the arresting police department, Sam’s account of what happened left quite a bit out.
Officers pulled over a 24-year-old female driver of an SUV after she was clocked doing 94 mph in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 35. The driver had a suspended license and did not have proof of insurance.
“The deputy smelled the odor of marijuana coming from the SUV,” the affidavit reveals. “The deputy asked [THE DRIVER] and she admitted marijuana was in the vehicle. WILSON denied there was marijuana in the vehicle.”
More from the affidavit:
The deputy searched the SUV. In the glovebox, he found a small glass jar labeled ‘GOLD’ that held suspected marijuana. The substance later field tested presumptive positive for the presence of THC. He also found three foil Woods Cigar packages. In the middle armrest there was a foil Wood Cigar package that contained a half-smoked cigar.
So far, things didn’t look too bad for Sam. But, that changed when the officer looked in the back seat.
On the rear passenger seat, there was a backpack that had indicia [signs, indications, or distinguishing marks] of ownership for WILSON, a plastic bag with ten clean syringes, a bottle cap with a white residue, a glove that held three syringes, and a sock that held seven syringes.
Three of the seven syringes held a clear liquid. A field test of the liquid was presumptive positive for the presence of cocaine.
The backpack also held a plastic pill bottle with a prescription issued to ‘Timothy Wilson’ [Sam’s brother] for Clindamycin [an antibiotic]. The bottle held seven blue capsules.
The female driver agreed to answer questions and admitted to buying the marijuana. She told the officer she was unaware of her driver’s license being suspended. “She said she did not claim ownership of any syringes.”
Sam refused to answer any questions.
Both were arrested. When the deputy was searching WILSON’s pocket, he found a plastic pill container labeled for [Sam’s dad] for Buprenorphine. The container held 3.5 pills which were identified as Buprenorphine.
WILSON had three different medication containers in his possession, none issued to him.
As mentioned above, the cocaine possession charge against Sam was later dismissed. It’s unclear why. Maybe the field test results were inaccurate? Or perhaps prosecutors weren’t confident that they would be able to establish who the liquid-filled syringes belonged to? These theories are purely speculation.