TRAFFIC STOP LEADS TO CONFISCATION OF 50 POUNDS OF METH, 16 KILOS OF COCAINE, ARREST OF FLORIDA MAN WANTED FOR CHILD MOLESTATION

Just before 11:30 a.m., Wednesda, (05/28/2025), a police officer with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department Highway Interdiction Unit conducted a traffic stop on a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV for following too closely and failing to maintain the lane of travel, according to Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr.

The officer performed a data search and learned that the driver was wanted through the Miami-Dade County, Florida Sheriff’s Office for sexual battery of a minor and child molestation.

39-year-old Yohan Ponce Riera, of Ocala, Florida, was placed into custody…


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