Florida Man Swallows Nearly an Ounce of Crack Cocaine During Traffic Stop, Faces a Mountain of Charges
A wanted felon known by the moniker “Rambo” may have bitten off more than he could chew—literally—when he tried to make his drug evidence disappear during an arrest.
Matthew Raymond Rambo, 58, of Hobe Sound, was already facing an active warrant from a recent Special Investigations Division case when the Martin County Sheriff’s Office located him driving along US1. When deputies gave him the “bad news” that he was under arrest, Rambo’s response was highly unconventional: he started to eat.
Deputies noted that Rambo was displaying symptoms consistent with ingesting narcotics. During the chaotic takedown, Rambo was attempting to destroy evidence by swallowing a significant amount of crack cocaine…