{"id":196282,"date":"2026-03-09T03:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/196282\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T03:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T03:16:08","slug":"texas-man-arrested-for-gun-weed-possession-after-allegedly-speeding-in-semi-truck-near-terre-haute-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/196282\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas man arrested for gun, weed possession after allegedly speeding in semi truck near Terre Haute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Texas man was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/crime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:arrested\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">arrested\u00a0<\/a>Friday night after Indiana State Police say he was speeding in a semi truck while also in possession of a gun and marijuana near <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/indiana\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Terre Haute;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Terre Haute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/18E6K787sa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:release from ISP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">release from ISP<\/a>, around 7 p.m. on March 6, a trooper was patrolling Interstate 70 near the 7-mile marker, which is near the U.S. 41 exit in Terre Haute, when he clocked a semi truck going 80 mph in a 60 mph zone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The trooper then pulled over the speeding semi truck and identified the driver as a 33-year-old Texas man. However, police said &#8220;suspicious activity&#8221; was detected immediately. As a result, the trooper contacted the West Terre Haute Police department, who deployed a K-9 to sniff the semi truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(NOTE: 13News has a policy not to name suspects until formal charges are filed by a prosecutor.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The K-9 gave officers enough probable cause to search the truck, and police reportedly found marijuana, synthetic urine and a handgun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additionally, police said the suspect was allegedly showing signs of impairment, but refused to submit to a field sobriety test or chemical test.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect was then booked at the Vigo County Jail on preliminary charges of possession of a weapon by a serious violent felon, possession of synthetic urine, possession of marijuana and operating while intoxicated. Jail records show he is being held on $35,000 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Texas man was arrested\u00a0Friday night after Indiana State Police say he was speeding in a semi truck&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[77656,3328,46235,48102,267,77657,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-196282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-indiana-state-police","tag-marijuana","tag-possession","tag-possession-of-marijuana","tag-semi-truck","tag-terre-haute","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}