Posted on 10/24/2022 7:13:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber
A Florida man who has had numerous brushes with the law this year was arrested yet again Thursday night.
This most recent offense marks the fourth time in 2022 that Stephen Joel Horton was arrested — and ninth time since 2017, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
An FCSO Facebook post about the newest incident says that a deputy on patrol around 8 p.m. in Palm Coast pulled over the 42-year-old on State Road 100 after he was tracked driving his Nissan 55 mph through a 35 mph construction zone.
The driver also changed lanes directly in front of the unmarked patrol vehicle, forcing the deputy to brake to avoid a crash, the agency says.
During the traffic stop, the deputy noticed the Nissan “rocking back and forth as if someone was moving around rapidly inside the vehicle.” Upon further investigation, the officer spotted a large blade sheath tucked between the driver’s seat and center console.
Horton, who appeared “nervous,” was asked to step out of the car. As the driver’s door opened, the deputy noticed “a piece of burnt tin foil consistent with drug use” in the map pocket as well as a large butcher knife on the floorboard.
Horton claimed the weapon was used for “cutting sod,” the FB post says.
During a search of the defendant, the deputy “felt a solid object near Horton’s groin area.”
A little metal tin with three clear small plastic bags was revealed to be inside his underwear. One of them contained less than a gram of methamphetamine; another had residue traces of fentanyl.
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Good point. Florida has a very large population, which contributes to the Florida Man stories.
Gee officceh, is that my little metal tin or am I just happy to see ya”
Excellent analogy. Except for one thing Alaska - the odds are good that the goods are odd.
Gives junk in your trunk a whole new meaning.
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