Woman arrested after lighting marijuana joint in front of state trooper

MUNCIE, Ind. – Police said a Muncie woman was arrested after asking a state trooper whether she could smoke – and then tried to light up a marijuana joint.

Honesty Knight, 32, was a passenger in a vehicle that Trooper Eric Perkins pulled over for a traffic violation early Friday. While the trooper was talking to the driver, Knight obtained the trooper’s permission to smoke.

Police said Perkins then asked to see the cigarette, which contained marijuana, not tobacco.

Knight faces a preliminary charge of possession of paraphernalia. She was released from jail on bond, but couldn’t be located for comment because no home telephone number was listed in her name.