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An Ohio driver none-too-pleased about being pulled over for non-working headlights and failing to signal showed his displeasure by stubbing out his cannabis joint on a Solon Police Department (SPD) cruiser.

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The 31-year-old driver was pulled over at 10:42 p.m. on Jan. 26, notes a police incident report filed the following day.

According to Cleveland.com, the driver, who was smoking a joint at the time, immediately exited his vehicle, approached the officer and began yelling at him. Despite being told to get back into his car, the man allegedly refused to comply and, instead, made a show of things by forcefully stubbing out the joint on the police cruiser.

Medicinal marijuana is legal in Ohio, but recreational cannabis is not. Penalties for possessing small amounts of weed, however, are not particularly strict. There is no jail time and convictions are not included on a person’s criminal record if found with up to 100 grams of cannabis, per Super Lawyers.

More officers were called to the scene, with the man ultimately being arrested and his car being searched. Inside, the police discovered a small bag containing an unidentified amount of cannabis.

The incident report cites the following offences against the driver: criminal mischief, obstructing official business, expired licence, lighted lights required and signals before changing course, turning or stopping.

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for SPD cruisers.

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On Jan. 17, while an officer was outside his cruiser during a traffic stop, the 31-year-old operator of a Chevy Equinox hit the cruiser from behind, according to Cleveland 19 News. There were no injuries, but the driver was cited for improper operation while approaching a stationary public safety vehicle.

It’s not as though there haven’t been other incidents involving people illegally smoking or disposing of weed right in front of officers.

On the afternoon of Oct. 25, 2019, an SPD officer leaving the police station parking lot was likely surprised to see a man on the sidewalk lighting a joint, Cleveland.com reports. Admitting that he also had a small amount of crack cocaine on hand, the 23-year-old was arrested.

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In Ontario, a South Bruce Penninsula man was busted in the summer of 2020 after parking his weed-smelling SUV in a public lot of Ontario’s Provincial Police’s Wiarton detachment and then fleeing when an officer tried to investigate.

In late 2020 in New York, a driver decided it would be a good idea to toss about 450 grams of cannabis out of his vehicle window. The action was taken, however, after being ordered to stop by police and in full view of the officer.

But maybe the most clearly defiant culprit, until the Ohio man, was a promising Irish boxer who reportedly waved at police while smoking cannabis.

Recreational cannabis is also illegal in Ireland. “If the matter is prosecuted and the court decides that the drug was for personal use and not for sale or distribution and this was a first offence, it can impose a Class D fine on summary conviction,” according to Citizens Information. On conviction on indictment, the person can receive a fine of $3,575.

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