Credit: Bucks County Department of Corrections
A man collared for resisting arrest and drug possession offered to sell marijuana to a police officer while the siting in the back of a patrol car on Friday, authorities said.
Steven Sterner, 24, who has no fixed address, was arrested and arraigned before District Judge Robert Wagner Jr. on charges of DUI, possession of a small amount of marijuana, paraphernalia with intent to use, resisting arrest and related offenses.
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Penndel Borough police spotted Sterner driving a silver Geo Metro with a headlight and taillight out. As the patrol officer radioed the vehicle information to dispatchers after stopping the Metro, the 24-year-old jumped and started coming toward the police car, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
Despite the officer’s request for Sterner to return to his small car, he kept approaching in an “aggressive manner,” police said. Additional patrol units from surrounding area were called for backup.
Once additional officers arrived, they order Sterner to surrender but he did not, police said.
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Disregarding numerous requests, the 24-year-old refused to put his hands behind his back, police said.
Police finally forcefully restrained Sterner.
During a search following his arrest, Sterner kept clinching his hand on his front right pocket, police said. Court documents reveal that officers found a bag and four clear vials of a “green leafy substance.”
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Police said they ran into more trouble as they went to put Sterner in the back of patrol car. The man refused to to sit and two officers forced him into the back of the vehicle, police said. Sterner, according to court documents, continued to give police trouble and would not move his feet when they tried to close the door to rear of the car.
While traveling to St. Mary Medical Center, Sterner asked a officer if he wanted to by his marijuana for $60, police said.
Sterner refused to have blood drawn from him at the hospital, according to court documents.
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The 24-year-old was not processed at Penndel police headquarters due to his combative nature.
He currently sits in Bucks County Prison on 10 percent of $500,000 bail.
