Dustin A. Brahmer, 19, was arrested in a parking lot Thursday at 12:45 a.m. near the 300 block of Cottage Grove Road for possessing 3.5 grams of cocaine.An officer conducted surveillance of a parked vehicle in a remote parking lot that had several occupants. The officer witnessed behaviors consistent with drug activity, and when the driver of the vehicle left the parking lot, the officer stopped the vehicle a short time later for running a red light and speeding.Brahmer told the officer he had been visiting his mother's house and "didn't stop anywhere else," but prior to the arrest, the officer had seen the vehicle -- a 1999 Honda -- leave a bar Wednesday night.Brahmer was arrested for the possession charge, but told police he bought the cocaine for a friend.
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