Mover says profiling led to Interstate 4 stop, damaging furniture

[Baitball Blogger]

Elliott Mattocks sat by Interstate 4 in Deltona at noon Saturday, a houseful of a client's furniture from his moving company's truck cluttering the roadside.

The Florida Highway Patrol had stopped him after noticing his brake lights and turn signals weren't working. Troopers then said they smelled raw marijuana and began searching the truck. Mattocks and his employee, Mark McDonald, were ordered to unload the truck.

Troopers didn't find any evidence of the drug. Then the rain came.

"We're sitting on the side of the road with all these people's personal belongings, and just as Florida weather is, a monsoon came through and drenched all their belongings," Mattocks said.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-moving-truck-stop-furniture-i4-082514-20140825,0,5568903.story

[rhett o rick]

1. High fives all around the cop bar. nm