The baked baker... Top chef caught at border w/ drugs

Timothy Maslow, whose tantalizing take on Italian food earned his Brookline restaurant Ribelle a rare four-star review from the Boston Globe, is out on bail after being arrested at the Canadian border with more than 20 pounds of marijuana edibles.
According to Corporal George Rodriguez of the Vermont State Police, the 31-year-old chef who lives in Waltham was stopped at 4:44 a.m. Friday at the Highgate Port of Entry by border authorities. He was driving into the United States from Canada. Agents searched the car in which Maslow was traveling with four other people and discovered 22.5 pounds of THC edibles, a controlled substance, and a pipe.
Rodriguez said Maslow was charged with felony possession of marijuana and possession of a depressant, stimulant and narcotic, and taken to the Franklin County Courthouse in St. Albans, Vt. Maslow pleaded not guilty and was released on $5,000 bail.
“He claimed it was all his,” Rodriguez said Sunday. “He was very cooperative.”
A man answering Maslow’s cellphone promptly hung up when contacted Sunday.