- January 15, 2025
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6:51 p.m. State Road 11 at County Road 304
Possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer. A deputy was stationary at an intersection and noticed a pickup truck hauling a large trailer with no license plate, tail lights, brake lights or signal lights.
The trailer's load was not secured, and items were tumbling into the road.
The deputy conducted a traffic stop. When the deputy approached the truck, the pickup's driver tried to conceal a burnt piece of folded aluminum by shoving it inside a day planner.
The deputy demanded the planner, but the man initially refused, then opened the planner, crumpled up the tin foil and tossed it out the window onto the road.
Deputies detained the man and found the piece of foil, which tested positive for narcotics residue. The man was arrested.
1:16 p.m. State Road 100 at West County Road 302
No Florida driver's license, resisting an officer. A deputy conducting traffic enforcement saw a pickup truck heading east on State Road 100 with no license plate.
The deputy conducted a traffic stop and demanded the driver's license, registration and proof of insurance.
But the driver, a 32-year-old man, only lowered his window two inches and said that he was "traveling" and "not engaged in commerce" and therefore didn't need a driver's license or license plate.
The deputy told the driver that he was giving him a lawful order, but the man continued to argue until the deputy used a spring punch to break the driver's side window, haul the man out of the truck and arrest him.
When the deputy asked the man where he'd gotten the idea that he didn't need a license plate or driver's license, the man said he'd heard on YouTube that it was legal to drive without them.
He was taken to the county jail.
10:45 p.m. First block of Kingswood Drive
Trespass after warning. People at a fast food restaurant called the Sheriff's Office after seeing two men pulling on car door handles in the restaurant's parking lot.
A deputy found the men and confronted them. The deputy let them go only to see one of the men walk onto the property of a convenience store from which he'd previously been trespassed. The deputy arrested him.
