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California man given suspended sentence on drug possession charges

A California man has received a suspended sentence after a wide range of controlled substances were discovered scattered throughout the vehicle in which he was a passenger.

On July 10, a Wyoming Highway Patrol trooper was patrolling I-90 near mile marker 187 when a white van approached at a speed radar recorded as 96 mph. The trooper conducted a traffic stop.

While looking around the interior of the van, the trooper reports observing a vape pen with a cartridge he recognized as similar to THC cartridges. The trooper was given permission to retrieve and identify it by the driver and reports the...