A routine probation compliance check in Hillsborough County yesterday escalated quickly, ending with the arrest of 42-year-old Robert Neideffer Jr. and a table full of seized weapons and contraband, according to authorities. Deputies say the visit, conducted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office with backup from the Florida Department of Corrections, uncovered multiple firearms, ammunition and other items that felons are firmly barred from having.
What deputies say they found
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and probation agents took Neideffer into custody during the compliance check and then started cataloging what they say they discovered inside.
Investigators report recovering four firearms, 17 rounds of various-caliber ammunition, a bottle of chloroform, several concealed long-bladed weapons and suspected cannabis products. The agency’s post lists a stack of charges: four counts of felon in possession of a firearm, 17 counts of felon in possession of ammunition, two counts of possession of cannabis sativa resin, possession of cannabis less than 20 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia…