Crime & Safety

Metal Knuckles, Marijuana Found In Stamford Woman's Car: Police

A Stamford woman was arrested on May 22 in Greenwich after police found metal knuckles and several grams of marijuana in her car.

GREENWICH, CT — Police arrested a 49-year-old woman last Saturday after metal knuckles and several grams of marijuana were found in her vehicle during a traffic stop.

According to police, Migdalia Medina, of Stamford, was pulled over in the area of Sound Shore Drive in Greenwich around 1 p.m. on May 22 after she traveled through a red light off the southbound off-ramp at exit 4 on I-95.

Officers detected the smell of marijuana coming from her Acura MDX. A probable cause search of Medina's car found black metal knuckles and 7.1 grams of "a green leafy substance in a Ziploc bag", later identified as marijuana.

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Medina admitted the items belonged to her and she was arrested and charged with possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, and possession of a controlled substance - less than a half ounce of cannabis.

Medina was assigned a $200 bond and was subsequently released without incident, police said.

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