A Mount Dora woman was arrested early Thursday morning after dash camera footage caught her stashing methamphetamine in the grill of a deputy’s patrol car during a traffic stop in Leesburg.
A Lake County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over a brown Toyota RAV4 at approximately 1:45 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of County Road 473 and Memory Lane for driving with only one functioning license plate light.
Upon approaching the vehicle, the deputy noted that the driver, 32-year-old Carley Elizabeth Allen, was physically shaking and making gestures to conceal her hands between the driver’s seat and center console. Due to her suspicious behavior, the deputy asked Allen to exit the SUV and stand at the front of his patrol vehicle while he and another deputy dealt with a passenger who had an active warrant…