FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA)– A person was arrested for DUI and possession of narcotics after deputies discovered him handed out behind his driver’s seat, in keeping with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Workplace.
On April 18, deputies responded to a report of a person handed out behind the wheel of his automobile in a Subway car parking zone in Palm Coast. The person was recognized as 37-year-old John Perez.
Physique digital camera video exhibits the deputy strategy him, checking to see if Perez was having a medical episode.
“We obtained a name with regard of you to test you out and be sure you’re okay. What is going on on right now?”
Perez stated he was having a foul day. The deputy requested him if he remembered how he obtained to the Subway car parking zone.
“Earlier than I obtained to Dunkin, I felt actually like light-headed, so I finished at Subway to seize, and I requested them for some water, and I obtained again within the automobile, and right here I’m, and I nonetheless by no means made it to Dunkin,” stated Perez.
The deputy then carried out a DUI investigation, which led to his arrest.
Whereas looking out Perez’s automobile, deputies discovered a number of needles within the again seat, together with one with a brown liquid within the syringe, later recognized as heroin.
Perez informed officers he didn’t have any narcotics or weapons. After a search on the jail, a white capsule, recognized as Lorazepam, was present in his sock.
“Bringing medicine or something unlawful into the Inexperienced Roof Inn will earn you one other felony arrest on prime of the fees that introduced you to jail within the first place,” stated Sheriff Rick Staly. “Sadly for this man, he both tried to mislead deputies or forgot concerning the capsule in his sock. Whatever the purpose, let this be a lesson that bringing medicine into the jail won’t be tolerated and our detention deputies will at all times discover them.”
Perez was charged with a DUI, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, introduction of contraband right into a correctional establishment and possession of a dangerous new legend drug and not using a prescription, in keeping with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Perez is being held on a $4,500 bond.
