A renter was arrested during a raid at a drug house on the Historic Side of The Villages.
Lady Lake police went to the home at 1787 W. Schwartz Blvd. in the Village of Country Club Hills at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday at the request of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office. It was believed that there were two people at the home wanted on Marion County warrants.
Officers surrounded the home while one officer went to the front door, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department. After the officer announced his presence at the front door, a woman tried to flee the home through a bedroom window. She was instructed to return to the home and complied with orders from officers. There were also “several other unknown persons running through the interior of the home, in an apparent attempt to conceal themselves,” the report said.
The homeowner was identified, but she was “intoxicated” and “uncooperative.” However, she agreed to show an officer a rented area in her living room. The rented area, which was cordoned off with a sheet, was being used by 64-year-old Phillip Joseph O’Day. The homeowner said that people “come and go” from the home.
A search of the home turned up 47.69 grams of green powder which tested positive for methamphetamine, 43.61 grams of a white powder that tested positive for cocaine, 7.65 grams of Alprazolam pills and other drugs. There were also hypodermic syringes, torch lighters and burnt pieces of aluminum foil. It was determined that the drugs belonged to O’Day, who was released from a Florida prison in July and began living in the house on the Historic Side of The Villages in September. He also had a small safe that contained $2,607 in cash…