No telling how many officers would have missed this important opportunity. Kudos
A 38-year-old Leesburg man asked police Monday to take his fingerprints as part of a background check so he could land a new job.
Instead, Derek Lee Stokes, 4235 Magnolia Ave., landed in the Lake County jail after police discovered he had an outstanding arrest warrant and found drug paraphernalia in his pocket, reports say.
An officer was called to the station at about 4 p.m. after Stokes walked in and said he needed to be fingerprinted for employment. Dispatch discovered he had an active warrant for failing to appear in court in Port St. Lucie on a charge of attaching a tag not assigned to a vehicle.
http://liarcatchers.com/background_checks.html
While that’s a relatively minor offense, the officer handcuffed Stokes and searched him prior to taking him to the Lake County jail. During the search, the officer said, he found and orange syringe in the man’s left front pocket.
“The defendant stated he had used the syringe the night before but would not tell me what was inside it,” the officer said. “The defendant also stated he was not a diabetic.”
Stokes, who listed his occupation as bartender, was charged with possessing or using drug paraphernalia and jailed under $5,505 bond.
