My first thought was 'outstanding warrant'.
But either that's not the case or none of the cops ran his name.
Regardless, the entire 'skittles/tea/didn't know he was missing' scenario has pegged my BS meter from the git.
Almost as disgusting as the blackwash being perpetrated down there is the (slowly dwindling) group of seminar enablers here on FR.
Skittles is street slang for the drug dextromethorphan, or DXM found in some cough syrups.
Sanford is a big hub for illegal Oxycontin. Local CVS selling eight times the amount needed for the entire population of the town. Busted by State/Feds not local police.