- February 18, 2025
10:55 a.m. — U.S Highway 1 near County Road 304, Bunnell
Possession of marijuana. Deputies arrested a 22-year-old DeLand woman after she concealed a marijuana joint between her breasts during a traffic stop.
According to the arrest report, deputies pulled over the vehicle in which she was traveling in due to an expired vehicle registration. The driver told deputies that he would renew his registration, and during the conversation, the reporting deputy noticed "an overwhelming smell of burnt cannabis." The vehicle's occupants denied having any marijuana in the car, saying they had just smoked before leaving the house.
But, the deputy noticed a bulge underneath the woman's shirt between her breasts. When asked if she was concealing narcotics, the woman initially said no, but later retrieved a joint from underneath her shirt. A search of her person later led to the discovery of multiple bags of marijuana.
Deputies found the woman was carrying a total of 23 grams. She was taken to jail.
3:52 p.m. — 1000 block of State Road 100, Bunnell
DUI. "Lovely. So, I'm in trouble."
That's what a 43-year-old Middleburg woman told deputies after dropped pills on the ground during a traffic stop for driving under the influence. According to her arrest report, the sheriff's office began receiving multiple calls about a vehicle with a "continually extremely potential deadly driving pattern," where the driver was unable to maintain a lane and almost struck vehicles head on.
The reporting deputy was able to conduct a traffic stop, noticing that the driver's speech was slurred and that there was a strong fruity alcoholic beverage smell coming from the car. When instructed to exit her car, the woman was unable to balance herself. She blamed her erratic driving on her car's "bad alignment," according to the report.
She agreed to perform field sobriety exercises, but because the deputy believed where the traffic stop was conducted wasn't a safe environment, the woman agreed to be transported to a nearby business plaza. She would need to be pat down, though, which she agreed to. She told deputies she had money in her bra, and as she was retrieving it, she dropped a small plastic bag of pills on the ground.
The woman failed the field sobriety exercises. The pills were identified as prescription medicine. The reporting deputy asked if she had a prescription, but the woman didn't answer.
She was taken to jail.
