Житель Бойнтон-Бич предложил полицейскому $400, чтобы избежать ареста после обнаружения трубки для кокаина

Boynton man accused of offering officer $400 to avoid arrest after drug pipe found BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A Boynton Beach man already facing a felony retail theft charge was arrested Sunday after police said he discarded a suspected crack cocaine pipe and then offered an officer $400 to let him go. Boynton Beach police responded at about 9:45 a.m. Aug. 23 to an alarm call at a home on South Palm Drive, where officers said Michael Bernard Woods, 36, had been banging on his sister’s door. According to a probable-cause affidavit, Woods walked away from an officer and threw a burnt glass pipe containing Chore Boy onto the ground. Investigators said the item is commonly used to smoke crack cocaine. Woods was detained, and the pipe was recovered as evidence. Police said Woods was wearing an electronic ankle monitor and told officers he was on pretrial release. While being booked, he allegedly offered an officer $400 in exchange for being allowed to leave without being arrested. Woods was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, bribery of or by a public servant, and violating pretrial release conditions, police said. See also: Pilot speaks after emergency plane landing into Atlantic Ocean off Boca Raton The pretrial release condition stemmed from a separate Lantana Police Department case. In that case, police said Woods was accused of concealing a can of Mike’s Hard Cranberry at a Wawa on West Lantana Road shortly after 2 a.m. June 24, after an employee told him alcohol could not be sold after 2 a.m. Police said surveillance video supported the employee’s account. Woods was charged with felony retail theft because investigators cited multiple prior theft convictions.