Window Tint Stop Near Bartow Airport Leads To Felony Arrest, ICE Hold For Mexican National

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A traffic stop over dark-tinted windows led to a felony arrest Sunday afternoon near Bartow Executive Airport, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A deputy was patrolling Bomber Road around 1:30 p.m. when he spotted a white Chevrolet pickup truck with front windows that appeared to be tinted too dark. The deputy pulled the truck over and approached the driver, identified as 44-year-old Juan Duarte of Mexico.

When asked for a valid driver’s license, Duarte handed over a Mexican passport instead, telling the deputy he did not have his license on him…

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