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Man with 8 Arrest Warrants Caught Smoking Pot in Mayfair Parking Lot

Officer busts man after he smells the drug coming from the suspect's car.

A Milwaukee man with eight pending arrest warrants is facing charges after he was caught smoking marijuana in the parking lot of by a Wauwatosa police officer.

According to the criminal complaint, last Sunday, Adrian Cortez Edwards, 28, was smoking marijuana in a car at the mall when a police officer smelled the drugs and spotted him. Initially he told the officer a fake name and age, but he soon discovered Cortez Edwards had eight arrest warrants issued against him.

He begged the officer to “give him a break” and get rid of the marijuana, but the officer refused.

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Cortez Edwards is charged with one count of obstructing an officer. If convicted, he could face nine months in prison and $10,000 in fines.

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