By By Stephanie Dearing Aug 8, 2009 in Crime At 58 years old, he should have known better. But this Windsor Ontario man evidentally let some other things get ahead of his better judgement. Police spokesman Sgt. Brett Corey told the “He started patting his pockets down looking for a wallet, couldn’t find his wallet. So he reaches into the console, opens the console, reaches down, grabs the bag of pot and hands it to the cop.” The marijuana was valued at around $1,200 by police. Windsor has been hit very hard by the recession. The unemployment Police pulled Claude Menard over Wednesday night for a traffic offense. The man, in looking for his license ended up giving the police a small bag of marijuana. That was enough for a search, and the police officer found another bag of marijuana in the car and two open bottles of beer. Menard is charged with possession with intent to traffic and driving a motor vehicle with an open bottle of alcohol.Police spokesman Sgt. Brett Corey told the Windsor Star The marijuana was valued at around $1,200 by police.Windsor has been hit very hard by the recession. The unemployment rate for the southern Ontario City is pegged at 15.2% - the highest it has been in 22 years. More about Marijuana, Police, Drug charges, Driving More news from marijuana police drug charges driving