The Florida man who touched him tried to assure officers that he “has nothing wrong with drugs” after discovering that he had hidden several female bags in his underpants during a strip search last week.
Thomas Carpenter, 41, was handed over by deputies on March 18 for suspected traffic violations, but officers quickly found evidence of drug use in his car. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday.
vehicle. Putnam County Sheriff's Office
Authorities discovered drug equipment, marijuana and bags that could be methamphetamine in the car, the sheriff's office said.
The officer tried to talk to Carpenter, but he struggled to keep awake, clearly wiping the inside and out of consciousness.
His female passengers said they were both smoking marijuana in their cars and smoking marijuana in their cars just before they were handed over. Neither adult had medical marijuana cards at the time, officers said.
Deputies arrested the carpenter and booked him at the Putnam County Jail. He looked solemed in his mug shot.
While conducting a physical search at the station, lawmakers found 11 small tied sandwich bags filled with substances that looked like they had been closed in front of their underwear, according to the sheriff's office.
The substance was positive for methamphetamine and weighed about 322.1 grams.
Carpenter attempted to assure his agent that he “has no problem with drugs” while he was at the station.
Despite his pitch, he was charged with amphetamine trafficking or more than 14 grams of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana for intent to sell or deliver, two counts of possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, smuggling into a smuggling facility and three counts of drug-related parafarnalia.
However, Carpenter's criminal history did not begin with suspected drug withdrawals.
He was released from the state prison system in December 2024 after sentenced three years to prison for numerous charges, including resisting law enforcement officer batteries, violent officers and fleeing law enforcement officers.
Deputies sent a copy of last week's arrest report to the Children and Family Division, as they had two children in the car at the time of the arrest.
