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Passenger taunts police to arrest him during traffic stop and is taken into custody

<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; While waiting for a records&#8217; check of a driver stopped near Meyers High School Wednesday night, a passenger exited the vehicle and dropped a bag of crack cocaine on the seat, police said.</p><p>Cassandra Holmberg, 23, of Wilkes-Barre was taken into custody and transported to police headquarters, police said.</p><p>According to police: Holmberg was a passenger in the vehicle stopped around 8:40 p.m. in the area of Carey Avenue and Hanover Street. She grew agitated while an officer conducting a records&#8217; check waited to confirm whether there was a warrant for the driver of the vehicle. She asked if she could walk home and was told she was free to leave. As she got out of the vehicle and stood up a small bag with crack cocaine fell onto the passenger seat. The officer asked if she any more crack cocaine on her and Holmberg took a second bag from her purse.</p><style>
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Passenger allowed to leave stopped vehicle, drops drugs on seat