Fugitive Sentenced after Eating Marijuana During Traffic Stop

HENDERSON � A Louisiana man was sentenced to three years behind bars by a Rusk County jury for tampering with physical evidence after he proceeded to eat marijuana during a traffic stop. KETK reports Raymond Riley, 64, of Baton Rouge had been a fugitive from justice since making bond in the 2005 case. Riley failed to appear in a number of different trial settings and was only returned to Rusk County when a routine traffic stop in a another jurisdiction showed outstanding warrants for felony failure to appear. Riley was stopped in 2005 by deputy-turned-prosecutor Morgan Biggs, and in the dash-cam video of the stop, Riley is seen eating a small bag of marijuana. He can also be seen, on tape, throwing heroin out the window.