Man on pre-trial release arrested for child neglect after hiding fentanyl in baby’s car seat

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – John Earlington Bentley, 46, was arrested last night for drug possession, child neglect, and other charges after allegedly hiding a bag of fentanyl in an infant’s car seat.

At about 9:48 p.m. on September 5, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for failing to stop before entering SW Williston Road from a gas station. Bentley was reportedly the front seat passenger in the vehicle, and there was an infant in a car seat in the back seat…

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