Calif. Teen Hitches Ride with Cop, Gets Caught with Cocaine

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (CBS/AP) Police say a 19-year-old Northern California man was arrested after he asked a police officer for a ride, then agreed to be searched...and was found to have cocaine in his pocket.

Ongley Raymond Ocon III was charged with felony possession of the drug.

San Mateo County prosecutors say Ocon left a party in San Carlos early Sunday morning, walked up to a Redwood City police patrol car and asked for a ride home to Danville.

The officer asked Ocon whether he was carrying anything illegal.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe says Ocon initially responded "yes" before pausing and saying "no."

The rest - and the arrest - is police blotter history.