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MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) - Police in northern New Jersey can't force a California trucker accused of hauling marijuana to reveal his password to unlock his BlackBerry.
A judge in Morristown on Thursday ruled that disclosing the password would violate the trucker's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
The Daily Record of Parsippany reports (http://dailyre.co/JonvKq ) a state trooper stopped J. Arturo Vergara of Ontario, Calif., in Mount Olive for a safety inspection in 2010.
Police say Vergara was carrying snack bars, canned goods and 364 pounds of marijuana.
He's due to stand trial next week.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
