Pair caught smoking pot in jail parking lot - WALB.com, Albany News, Weather, Sports

Pair caught smoking pot in jail parking lot

Posted: Updated:
  • More WALB News10 HeadlinesMore News Headlines

  • Sunday, May 19 2013 6:16 PM EDT2013-05-19 22:16:35 GMT
    The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find a missing pregnant woman. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months. Diane
    The Tift County Sheriff's investigators are still searching for clues to find Crystal Hendrix. Her mother is making a plea to find her daughter who hasn't been seen in more than two months.
  • Sunday, May 19 2013 10:19 AM EDT2013-05-19 14:19:32 GMT
    A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana. Deputies responded to a complaint at Jose Sanchez's house on Highway 129 North Friday. Authorities

    A Lowndes County man is behind bars after deputies uncovered nearly half a million dollars of marijuana.

  • Saturday, May 18 2013 11:42 PM EDT2013-05-19 03:42:03 GMT
    Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff. It was the first annual pigs in the park event, put on by the Georgia Narcotics Officer's
    Hundreds of people came out to Lake Blackshear Saturday to support law enforcement and the Crisp County Sheriff.

Two people were arrested after smoking marijuana in the parking lot of the Dougherty County jail.

38-year-old Alexander Brown remains in jail.

24-year-old Haley Roberts is out on bond now after their arrests last week.

The apparently didn't realize they were parked next to an Albany Dougherty Drug Unit agent.

When they got out of their car, the officer smelled the drugs, searched the car and found less than an ounce of marijuana.

Brown and Roberts are charged with a felony because they were inside the guard line of the jail.

Copyright 2012 WALB.  All rights reserved.