Two Chiefs linemen, 23, arrested on marijuana charges near Overland Park
Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackles Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick, both 23, were arrested on misdemeanor marijuana possession charges after a traffic stop at West 159th Street and U.S. 69 Highway in Overland Park on 16 May 2024. The pair posted $2,500 bond the next afternoon, and court records showed the charges had been dropped by September 2024.
🇺🇸 West 159th Street and U.S. 69 Highway, Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas · Kansas, United States
Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackles Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick, both
23, were arrested on misdemeanor marijuana possession charges on the night of 16
May 2024 after a traffic stop in Johnson County, Kansas.[1][2]A Johnson County
sheriff’s deputy pulled over a Jeep on West 159th Street and U.S. 69 Highway in
Overland Park, and the affidavit said the deputy smelled a strong odor of
marijuana coming from inside.[3]
Godrick was driving and had marijuana in a front trouser pocket, while Morris,
in the front passenger seat, had it in a bag on the vehicle floor, the affidavit
said.[3]The deputy field-tested the marijuana and it was presumptively
positive for THC.[3]The Johnson County district attorney’s office charged
both men with misdemeanor marijuana possession.[3]
In September 2024, court records showed that the marijuana possession charges
against both players had been dropped.[4]Kansas is one of only four US states
where both medical and recreational marijuana were then illegal and possession
was not decriminalised, while recreational use of up to three ounces is legal
across the state line in Missouri.[5]
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No weight of the marijuana found in the Jeep was published; the affidavit did not give amounts, so none can be recorded.
News organisations reported slightly different stop and arrest times; Johnson County Post records the stop at 11:22 p.m. on Kansas Highway 10 and the arrests at 11:44 p.m., while KSHB describes the location as West 159th Street and U.S. 69 Highway, near where KCTV also placed the stop.
No report opened states why the charges were dropped in September 2024.
The two players were also reported to be due in court on 23 May and then on 11 July 2024, but the outcome of those appearances was not published in the accounts opened.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Johnson County Post: Both men were booked into the Johnson County Adult Detention Center and released on Friday afternoon after posting $2,500 bond.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in KMBC 9: The same contrast is drawn by KCTV, which noted that marijuana possession remains illegal in Kansas while recreational use up to three ounces is legal in neighbouring Missouri.
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