A Lady Lake man on a bicycle was arrested after trying to hide a bag of fentanyl under someone’s bumper to avoid being charged.
A deputy spotted 47-year-old John Ashley Neiford riding a bike with no front light on South Street in Leesburg at 3 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, according to an arrest report from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Neiford took a right turn into Lakewood Villas Apartments, located at 2345 South St., with the deputy following behind. Despite the emergency lights being on, Neiford looked back at the deputy and continued riding his bicycle. He did not stop but did not seem to be fleeing, the report said.
After about 15 to 30 seconds of being followed, he pulled onto someone’s front lawn and stopped his bicycle in front of two vehicles. The deputy got out of his vehicle and walked up until he could see Neiford. He was behind a row of parked vehicles, trying to stand up from a prone position, the report said…