Crime & Safety

Police: Hastings Man Smoked Marijuana in Public

The village man was arrested and was due in court this week.

A Hastings man faces a misdemeanor-level marijuana charge after he was arrested by police on the afternoon of September 18.

The Greenburgh Drug and Alcohol Task Force reported the 20-year-old was smoking marijuana in a Southside Avenue parking lot at 12:43 p.m. in the afternoon.

He was formally charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana in the Fifth Degree and processed at Hastings-on-Hudson police headquarters.

He was then released on his own recognizance with a court appearance ticket.

Note: Arrests do not indicate convictions.

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