A Fruitland Park man was arrested on drug charges when officers found a “litany” of paraphernalia and narcotics in his vehicle.
An officer headed north on County Road 468 checked the tag of the vehicle in front of him around 12:15 a.m. Monday, Jan. 12, according to an arrest report from the Fruitland Park Police Department. The vehicle abruptly turned onto South Avenue, but the officer learned its registered owner, 43-year-old Markus Antwon Roshell, had a suspended license for an unpaid traffic fine.
The officer suspected Roshell turned to avoid being stopped, so he made a U-turn to see if the vehicle would come back out. He then passed the vehicle going northbound. The officer turned around again, but the vehicle turned onto Paso Alley and into a random driveway as he turned on emergency lights for a traffic stop, the report said.
The officer still approached him, seeing a plastic baggie in a small pocket of the dashboard to the left of the steering wheel. He suspected it contained narcotics and asked Roshell to go stand near the front of the patrol vehicle. He was reluctant and stayed near the officer as he spoke to the passenger, the report said…