A Los Angeles, California man was jailed after he was driving on Highway 278 and didn’t dim his highbeams and was found during the ensuing traffic stop to have drugs and a stolen firearm on his person.
Per Polk County Police reports, Tomondre Lawrence Bayes, 30, of a Watts address in Los Angeles, was taken into custody on Saturday evening, November 13 at 8:15 p.m. when he passed an officer with his high beams still on traveling eastbound in a Ford Expedition.
When Bayes pulled over at the Paulding County line when officers caught up to him, he opened his driver’s side window and a “large billow of smoke” came out and smelled heavily of marijuana. A second backup officer also noticed that Bayes was carrying a pistol at the time, and police were able to secure it and take Bayes into custody without incident.
The reports stated that once in custody, Bayes was found to not only have the firearm that was found to have been stolen out of the Rome area, but also found marijuana, a joint roller, and “several burnt remnants of marijuana cigarettes.”
Bayes, who told officers he was in the area trying to flee from trouble back in California, was reported to have vomited during the incident but didn’t request any medical assistance.
Police took two cell phones, his wallet, and then later Bayes admitted to having a knife and a joint in his waistband while being taken to the Polk County Jail.
Once in the Sheriff’s Office custody, police did a more thorough search of Bayes’ criminal background and found that he also faces multiple felony charges – including some pending – through the State of California that included but weren’t limited to “narcotics (and) firearms violations to crimes against persons,” per the report.”
Bayes remained in the Polk County Jail as of this posting with no bond set on charges of felony theft by receiving stolen property, along with misdemeanors for tampering with evidence, failure to dim headlines, illegal possession of a National Guard tag, and possession and use of drug-related objects.
