Driver arrested after troopers check on disabled vehicle on Route 49, Marcy

On Dec. 9, 2018, state police checked on a disabled vehicle on State Route 49 in Marcy. While interviewing the operator, Ednan Salkic, an odor of marijuana was detected and probable cause to search the vehicle resulted in the location of marijuana.

It was later learned that Ednan Salkic, 19, of Utica, and his 15-year-old female passenger had been driving around smoking marijuana together until the vehicle had mechanical issues.

Salkic was subsequently arrested for:

  • criminal sale of marijuana, a class D felony
  • unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation
  • aggravated driving while ability impaired (drugs) with a child -passenger less than 16 years of age in the vehicle
  • Endangering the welfare of a child, a class A misdemeanor.

He was transported to Whitestown for Centralized Arraignment Court.

By martha

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