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Police outside of Memphis made an embarrassing mistake earlier this month, pulling over a 65-year-old woman after confusing the Ohio State Buckeye leaf decal on the back of her car for a marijuana leaf, according to The Columbus Dispatch‘s Joe Blundo.
The woman, Bonnie Jonas-Boggioni, grew up in Columbus, home of the Buckeyes, and is a diehard Ohio State fan. According to Blundo, “She has served as president of the Ohio State Alumni Club in the Dallas-Fort Worth area,” where she currently lives.
According to the story, Jonas-Boggioni and her husband were making their way back to Texas from a funeral in Columbus on Feb. 4 when they were stopped by police in Tennessee (via Blundo).
“It’s just amazing they would be that dumb…Knowing I wasn’t speeding, I couldn’t imagine why…They were very serious. They had the body armor and the guns.”
From what Jonas-Boggioni understands, the officers believed that a marijuana sticker might mean the car was carrying illegal drugs, giving them reason to stop her.
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