A Rome man refused to stop smoking a crack pipe when told to do so by police and then threw the pipe into a creek, reports stated.

According to Floyd County Jail records:

Police stopped Fredrick Eugene Dennis, 47, of 18 W. Forrest St., at the intersection of East 12th Street and Silver Street Monday morning.

When asked to put the crack pipe in the passenger seat, he stated, “I got to smoke this” and continued to smoke. When he was done, he threw the pipe in the lighter into the creek.

Dennis is charged with possession of crack cocaine, obstruction, tampering with evidence and a parole violation. He remained in the Floyd County Jail Monday evening.