Two teens have been charged with misdemeanor drug crimes in Brown County after a vehicle they were in was stopped for failing to signal in Nashville.
Nashville Police Officer Evan Painter stopped the vehicle just after 11 p.m. May 13 in front of the Brown County Law Enforcement Center. The white Jeep moved into another lane without properly signaling, he wrote in his report. While talking with the driver, Jesse B. Eckstein, 20, of Nashville, Painter reported smelling marijuana. There were two passengers in the car, the report said.
A small white truck pulled in behind the Jeep while Painter was waiting for backup. A woman got out and said her son was in the vehicle, and she asked if she could pick him up and take him home. Painter told the woman he was in the middle of an investigation and that she needed to leave the scene. The woman complied after slamming her truck’s door, the report said.
Eckstein told police there was a “one-hitter” pipe in the car and two Mason jars that had been used to store marijuana, but were currently empty, the affidavit states. Brown County Sheriff’s Deputy Austin Schonfeld reported finding a small black tin that had marijuana inside, a rubber pipe with marijuana residue in it, and a small baggie of marijuana, the report said.
The backseat passenger, Austin Lemley, 18, said the tin and pipe were his. A third passenger — a juvenile — claimed the small baggie of marijuana, the report said.
The juvenile was taken to Lemley’s mother, who was in the white truck. Lemley also left the scene with her after the stop.
All three of the Jeep’s occupants received summons to appear in court.
On June 14, Eckstein was charged with possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor. Lemley was charged with possession of marijuana and paraphernalia, both misdemeanors.
