Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office arrests two for trafficking marijuana
From Jefferson County Journal staff reports
BIRMINGHAM – A man and woman traveling through Alabama were arrested last Wednesday for trafficking Marijuana.
Just after 2:00 am that morning members of the Jefferson Couty Sheriff’s Highway Safety Unit stopped a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo for speeding along I-22 near mile marker 133. The car was occupied by the male driver and a female passenger. The driver told deputies that they were traveling from Oregon to Atlanta, Georgia.
While speaking with the driver deputies smelled a strong odor of marijuana coming from the interior of the car. A search of the car revealed two trash bags containing a total of twenty-six pounds of marijuana with a street value of $46,800.00.
The pair were arrested and taken to the Jefferson County Jail to await formal charges. Arrest warrants were obtained formally charging 33-year-old Sean Daymon Flemings of Oregon and 32-year-old Carisa Jean Searls Washington with Trafficking Marijuana. Both remain in the Jefferson County Jail. Flemings has since posted bail. Sears remains jailed under $50,000 bond.
