By Mike McKinney
PROVIDENCE -- A Massachusetts man was charged early Saturday with drug possession after the police alleged they found suspected cocaine in the parked SUV he was driving.
At about 12:02 a.m., police patrolling the area of Westminster and Mathewson streets said they saw a Ford Explorer that they said was parked illegally at that intersection.
Officers approached and, while speaking to the driver, Jacob Nordbeck, 19, of Norton, Mass., saw a small plastic baggie in the center console "in plain view," according to the police. The police alleged the bag contained "a white powdery substance consistent with cocaine."
The SUV was towed and Nordbeck was taken into custody.