A 50-year-old Florida man was arrested after deputies questioned him for loitering and things became “methed” up.
Robert Lawson, 50, was questioned by Pinellas County Deputies on Wednesday after he was spotted loitering near a wooded area in Clearwater.
Deputies say that during a “consensual encounter,” Lawson reportedly gave investigators permission to search him and his bags.
According to an affidavit, Lawson produced a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and a small baggie containing a “crystal substance” that field tested positive for methamphetamine.
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In a grocery bag, the deputy located an uncapped syringe with a brown liquid residue.
After being placed under arrest, Lawson, told the Pinellas County Sheriff Deputy to simply call “the FBI and Saint Petersburg Police department because he is allowed to carry methamphetamine,” according to the affidavit.
Lawson was arrested on a felony drug possession charge and a misdemeanor drug paraphernalia count and booked into the Pinellas County Jail on a $2,150 bond.
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