12/30/2009 9:53:00 AM Texas couple stopped on Christmas Eve with 275 pounds of marijuana
Charley Taylor
Theressa Mills
On Christmas Eve morning, a late model Dodge van swerved in traffic lanes on Interstate-17.
The vehicle, displaying a Florida plate, was spotted by a Yavapai Sheriff's K9 unit and stopped in the Cordes Lakes area.
Two occupants of the van were driver 47-year-old Charley Taylor, and his passenger, 37-year-old Theressa Mills, both from Texas.
Taylor mentioned he and Mills were traveling from Dallas to Los Angeles to see their kids. Mills told another deputy they were traveling from Phoenix to Dallas to visit their kids.
Due to their suspicious behavior, Taylor was asked about any contraband on board.
With the understanding a drug K9 was standing by to complete an exterior sniff of the vehicle, Taylor admitted he had a "little" marijuana stored in the back of the vehicle and consented to a search.
Deputies found several bundles of marijuana contained in large travel bags weighing just under 275 pounds.
Both said the grass was headed to Dallas.
Taylor and Mills were booked into the Camp Verde Jail for transportation of marijuana for sale.
Both are in-custody, held on a $125,000 bond.
Reader Comments
Posted: Sunday, May 02, 2010
Article comment by:
Ashamed surprise
If we had known they was this stupid we awould have locked them up our selves. These dummies left Ca., they was too stupid and dumb to live here. So long fellas.
Posted: Monday, January 04, 2010
Article comment by:
NO SURPRISE
Why is it that these drug traffickers draw attention to themselves by being stupid drivers? Wouldn't cha think they'd lay low and avoid sticking out?
From the looks of these two..no surprise!
Posted: Friday, January 01, 2010
Article comment by:
Carl Nye - Jerome
It occurs to me now that locking up these two probably was lucky for them. Had the police simply confiscated the marijuana and let them go, whoever was expecting the delivery would have undoubtedly treated these two much more harshly than them being locked up (if popular movie and TV show stories have any relation to reality).
Posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Article comment by:
Carl Nye - Jerome
Coincidence or tip-off? The driver "swerved" in his lane and bingo - not just a regular cop, but a K9 cop was right there with his dog to sniff the van. Could have been the wind that made him swerve, no matter. Two more criminals locked up. What luck.
