Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – William Blas Hernandez, 27, of Hawthorne, was arrested yesterday with trafficking quantities of drugs and a firearm that had been reported lost in Orlando.
At about 10 a.m. on July 5, a Gainesville Police Department officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Hernandez for driving 54 mph in a 45 mph zone in the 3800 block of NE 14th Street. The officer reported that Hernandez said he did not have a valid driver’s license and was unable to provide the registration document for the vehicle…