TROY, Mich. – Police said they pulled over a black 2010 Nissan Altima at 12:44 a.m. Saturday on northbound Rochester Road south of East Wattles Road for a traffic violation.
Officers said they walked up to the vehicle and saw Diego John-Anthony Fernandez, 18, of Troy, had barely rolled his windows down to talk to them.
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The officers said they smelled marijuana from inside the car, and they asked Fernandez to roll the windows down further.
Police said they noticed a collapsible ASP baton with a carrying case on the passenger side floorboard and confiscated it.
Fernandez was asked to step out of the car and admitted to having some knives in his left breast pocket. A pocketknife and a double-bladed knife were taken from Fernandez's pocket.
During a search of the car, officers found a set of brass knuckles and a plastic bag of marijuana inside a blue-topped container. Police also found a marijuana grinder and a marijuana pipe.
Fernandez was arrested and charged with prohibited carrying of a concealed weapon, possession of marijuana and possession of narcotic paraphernalia.