Passenger Pot Citation in Cary after Car Stopped for Missing Headlight, Bill To End Smell Test Passes Illinois Senate (with Roll Call)

From the Cary Police Department comes a report of a traffic stop for lack of a headlight:

Arrest Date: 04/17/2025, Arrest Time: 11:00 PM

Arrest Location: U.S. ROUTE 14 / W. MAIN ST

Arrestee Name: FOUNTAIN, ROBERT, Sex – M, Race, Age – 19, Street – WANDER WAY, CARY

Charge: DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, Type: , MISDEMEANOR, Class A

Charge: DRIVING WITH ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT, Type: PETTYe Type Class

CITED AND RELEASED ON SCENE 04/17/2025

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“The officer smelled cannabis (articulated as fresh cannabis) inside the vehicle, so this was a search based on probable cause,” wrote Scott Naydenoff, Deputy Chief of Support Services. 

Arrest date: 04/17/2025, Arrest Time: 9:00 PM, Arrest Location: U.S. ROUTE 14 / WESTBURY DR

Arrestee Name: HUBBEL-STEVENS, JASON, Sex – M, Race – W, Age – 40, Street, NOTTINGHAM DR,
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Charge: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CANNABIS BY PASSENGER, Type: MISDEMEANOR, Class A

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Meanwhile, from Fox32 comes this story:

Illinois bill would remove cannabis odor as probable cause for police to search car

• The Illinois Senate passed a bill to remove cannabis odor as the sole reason for probable cause for police officers to search a car.
• The Senate sponsor argued the bill clarifies what law enforcement can do during a traffic stop involving cannabis after contradictory Illinois Supreme Court rulings.
• S.B. 42 still needs approval from the House of Representatives and Gov. JB Pritzker to become law.

The Senate roll call: