{"id":8903,"date":"2013-11-13T15:32:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8903"},"modified":"2013-11-13T16:00:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T21:00:05","slug":"city-man-accused-of-possessing-cocaine-lots-of-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=8903","title":{"rendered":"City man accused of possessing cocaine, lots of cash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Police said he tried to toss drugs during pedestrian stop\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0866.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8904\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"IMG_0866\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0866-300x287.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0866-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0866-1024x982.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_0866-900x863.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When Coatesville Police Officer Joe Thompson made a pedestrian stop in the 800 block of Coates Street on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 12:17 p.m., police said Zaequon T. Closson, 23, of Coatesville, responded by trying to toss the cocaine he possessed. Police said Closson, who also possessed a large amount of U.S. currency, was charged with cocaine possession.\u00a0 Closson was remanded to Chester County Prison to await a preliminary hearing on Nov. 18 after failing to post 10 percent of $10,000 bail, court records said.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Joe Thompson attempted to stop Stefon Smith, 26, of Coatesville, for a traffic violation on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at Merchant Street and Seventh Avenue at 8:24 a.m., police said. Smith failed to stop until he was parked in his driveway, police said, telling Thompson that he could not be stopped \u201csince he made it home.\u201d \u00a0Smith, who was arrested without incident, faces offenses that include fleeing and eluding, having an expired license, and ignoring a stop sign, police said.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->On Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 8:24 p.m., Cpl. Jeffrey Ingemie conducted a pedestrian stop in the 200 block of East Diamond Street on Bonnie Ontiveros, 51, of Coatesville, who was displaying a 12-ounce can of Busch Light beer, police said. Ontiveros will be cited for a violation of the city\u2019s open-container law, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police are seeking the public\u2019s help in spotting a Hyundai Sonata bearing Pennsylvania registration JGD-8075 that was allegedly stolen by Raymond Cook of Norristown on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 10:52 p.m., Cpl. Jeffrey Ingemie reported. Cook is also wanted by Montgomery County authorities for a bench warrant, police said. Anyone who sees the vehicle is asked to report it to 9-1-1 with its location, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers from the Embreeville barracks cited a Lancaster man for following too closely after an accident on Monday, Nov. 11, at 7:29 a.m. on the U.S. 30 Bypass, west of Bondsville Road in Caln Township, state police said. Police said Howard D. Weiss, 59, was traveling east in a 2007 Lincoln Town Car and failed to stop for traffic, hitting a 2010 Lexus RX350 and forcing it into a 2012 Honda Pilot. \u00a0No one was injured, state police said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police said he tried to toss drugs during pedestrian stop\u00a0 When Coatesville Police Officer Joe Thompson made a pedestrian stop in the 800 block of Coates Street on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 12:17 p.m., police said Zaequon T. Closson, 23, of Coatesville, responded by trying to toss the cocaine he possessed. 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