MARIJUANA CHARGE DROPPED AGAINST CAPE CORAL POLICE OFFICER

State prosecutors in Key West have dropped a misdemeanor marijuana
charge against a Cape Coral police officer.

Officer Curt Suskevich, 37, and his wife, Christine Suskevich, 34,
were arrested by Key West police on Aug. 19 on charges of misdemeanor
marijuana possession.

Christine Suskevich was also charged with discharging a firearm under
the influence of alcohol and possession drug paraphernalia.

The couple had been staying in Key West.

She told police she tried to get her husband's attention after an
argument and fired a gun from the kitchen toward a back bedroom,
police reports state.

Police said they found some half smoked marijuana cigarettes in a tin
can atop the kitchen counter along with a pipe commonly used for
smoking marijuana, reports state.

The marijuana was hers, according to reports.

The Monroe County State Attorney's Office last month dropped the
marijuana charge against Curt Suskevich.

"The police determined he had nothing to do with any of the alleged
crimes," said Matthew Helmerich, spokesman for the state attorney's
office.

An internal investigation of Curt Suskevich by the Cape Coral Police
Department has begun, said Connie Barron, police spokeswoman.

She said the officer, who had been on paid administrative leave, is
now on administrative duty until the investigation is finished.

Meanwhile, a trial for his wife on her charges has been scheduled for
Nov. 17 in Key West.