Murfreesboro Daily News Journal

A Gallatin man was arrested for having 55 grams of marijuana, police say, but denied having the drug in his pocket, instead saying it was an erection.

The 23-year old was arrested on Wednesday for felony possession of a schedule III drug after being stopped for a broken headlight, according to the police report.

After noticing the ' car had a broken headlight, an officer pulled him over. The officer had received a call earlier that the car matched the description from an incident on Sept. 6 when it fled from officers.

The officer spoke to the driver and noticed what appeared to be a large bag of marijuana in his pant pocket and asked him about it. The driver told the officer it was "a boner," according to the report.

The man eventually confessed that the bulge in his pocket was, in fact, marijuana and not an erection.

Officers searched the car where they found a mason jar with marijuana and rolling papers.

The man was arrested and charged with felony possession of schedule III narcotics and also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia for rolling papers, the mason jar and plastic baggie.

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