By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to a Bolton St. location last week on reports of a suspicious vehicle.

Upon arrival, officers located the parked vehicle in question, occupied by two men, and approached them for questioning.

The officers reported that they could detect a strong odor of burned marijuana coming from the car as they came near.

According to reports, as one officer questioned the driver of the vehicle, another officer observed on the sidewalk next to the passenger side of the vehicle a paper floor mat, an empty water bottle and packaging to blunt wrappers. Inside the vehicle he reportedly observed another paper floor mat and a water bottle of similar design as the items on the sidewalk.

The officer asked the passenger, later identified as Steeve Alphonse, of Cambridge, to exit the vehicle and pick up the refuse on the ground.

As Alphonse got out of the car the officer reportedly spotted a folding knife clipped to his pocket and he asked for it to be handed over.

Upon examination of the knife, the officer determined that the blade measured approximately 3.5” in length.

While conducting a pat frisk of Alphonse, the officer reportedly found an additional folding knife with a blade measuring 3.25” in length, as well as a set of brass knuckles.

Alphonse was subsequently placed under arrest and charged with two counts of violation of city ordinance possession of a dangerous weapon.

The driver was frisked and was not found to be carrying a weapon, but a large buck knife measuring approximately 4.75” inches in length and a quantity of marijuana was found in his backpack.