More than a year after a 2020 traffic stop, police filed charges related to a pile of pot that never made it to a Slippery Rock party.

State police charged and issued an arrest warrant for Austin T. Freeman, 25, of Pittsburgh, including felony drug possession with intent to sell, after police accused him of planning to sell marijuana at his Slippery Rock apartment.

“Freeman related that he bought extra marijuana in Penn Hills for $500,” said the investigating officer in charging documents. “Freeman related that he was going to sell the marijuana for $10 a gram at his party.”

According to police, Freeman said the party would be at his house on Slippery Rock University's campus, and he also told police he used some of his student loan money to buy the drugs.

SRU officials said Freeman was a student at the time and has since graduated, but they noted Freeman was last a resident on campus in 2017.

Some off-campus housing options near SRU are not affiliated with the university, despite most or all of its tenants being students.

According to charging documents, Freeman was less cooperative at the start of the traffic stop on Feb. 28, 2020, on Interstate 79 North in Worth Township.

Police said they pulled Freeman over for an illegal tint on his Chevrolet Malibu, but they immediately noticed a smell of marijuana coming from inside the car.

“I could also see that the center console as well as the passenger seat was sprayed with some sort of air freshener,” said the investigating trooper. “I asked Freeman if he sprayed something in his car to mask the odor, to which he related that he did because he likes his car clean and fresh.”

According to police, when officers asked if marijuana was in the car, he said there wasn't, and told the officers he had smoked in the car in the past.

Police said when they asked to search the trunk, Freeman became more cooperative and willing to give information. Police said he admitted there were about three ounces of marijuana in the trunk. Police arrested him at that point and read him his rights.

Police did not explain in court documents when Freeman was released or why the charges were not filed until recently. In Pennsylvania, the general statute of limitations for most crimes is two years, so the charge falls within that period.

The charges were filed through District Judge William O'Donnell's office, where preliminary proceedings will take place upon Freeman's arrest.