EUSTIS, Florida—A Mount Dora man was arrested after Eustis Police found a bag containing “several” ecstasy pills during a traffic stop Tuesday night.
EPD stopped a vehicle around 9 p.m. Tuesday for an inoperable tag light, near North Exeter Street and McDonald Avenue, according to an arrest affidavit. The driver, who Inside Lake is not naming because she wasn’t charged with a crime, “appeared very nervous” and had three passengers with her, including a 1-year-old baby, according to the arrest affidavit.
One of the passengers, Troy Nix, 29 who was sitting in the back seat next to the unsecured car seat and baby, was drinking from a cup and spontaneously said, “This is Hennessy,” the affidavit states. Hennessy is a popular brand of cognac. An EPD officer told Nix to pour the liquor out and instead he took a sip, the affidavit states.
The driver consented to a search of the vehicle and EPD found a baggie with several multi-colored pills that field-tested positive for ecstasy. The baggie of pills was found in the baby’s car seat on the left of the baby’s body underneath a blanket being used to keep the baby warm, according to the affidavit.
Nix was arrested for child neglect, possession of ecstasy and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was transported to the Lake County Jail, where he is being held on $5,000 bond.
