The driver, Rolando Martinez, 48, of Brownsville, Texas, was arrested on trafficking charges.
A trooper said he stopped the truck because of a defective tire as it traveled north about 6:30 a.m. Sunday.
Martinez consented to a search of the 53-foot trailer, which was loaded with 16 pallets of jalapeno peppers and mangoes. Hidden in the shipment were 84 bundles of pot wrapped in plastic and silver tape.
The trooper said he wanted to search the cargo area because of “several indicators of criminal activity.”
The truck was seized for possible forfeiture.
Accident victim recovering
A Hogansville woman involved in a three-vehicle accident near Wal-Mart on New Franklin Road was listed in good condition today at Atlanta Medical Center.
Dorothy Ledet, 80, initially was listed in stable condition on the verge of critical status. She suffered bleeding in the brain, several broken ribs, facial fractures and injuries to her knees.
Ledet was leaving the store’s parking lot Thursday when a car behind her struck the rear of her vehicle and caused it to spin out of control. The driver’s side of Ledet’s Oldsmobile Cutlass struck the front of a Ford Explorer headed in the opposite direction.
The driver of the Explorer, Kathryn Wagner, 41, of Valley, Ala., was treated at West Georgia Medical Center and released.
The driver of the vehicle that struck Ledet’s car was cited for failure to yield.
Theft
A thief stole $610 worth of electronic items from a car in the first block of Samples Road.
Arrests
— Crystal Crowley, 30, of Elizabeth Street was charged with shoplifting more than $300 of items.
— Willie Brooks, 43, of Cannonville Road was charged with possession of cocaine and obstruction of an officer.
— LaGrange police charged George Chalvatzis, 47, of Gillsville with first-degree forgery.
- It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of people charged with felonies.
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