MOUNT DORA, Florida—A burned out taillight turned into a trip to jail for a van’s passenger early Friday morning.
Mount Dora Police pulled over a van on East Spring Harbor Boulevard just before 3 a.m. when an officer noticed the left taillight out, according to an arrest affidavit. The officer noticed the smell of marijuana coming from the van as the officer spoke to the driver and told the driver they could smell it. The occupants were asked if there was any marijuana in the van and the driver said he smoked earlier, but to his knowledge there was not any in the van. Inside Lake is not naming the driver because he was not charged with a crime.
The passenger, identified as Darius Trenard Young, 34, was asked to exit the van and after questioning police why he had to exit, he finally did, according to the affidavit.
Young ran as one officer began to search the van and a second officer gave chase and announced Young would be tased. Young continued to run and an officer tased him. “It was evident Darius was not feeling the effects of the TaserX26P. I then conducted a follow through with the Taser to complete the cycle. Darius immediately felt the effects of the Taser X26P and began to comply,” the arresting officer wrote in the affidavit.
Young was placed in handcuffs and MDPD located several sandwich bags of marijuana, a sandwich bag containing MDMA, a glass jar of marijuana, seven bags of “Stoner Patch” marijuana edibles, empty baggies and a Sig P225 handgun. The marijuana and edibles weighed 324.8 grams and the MDMA weighed 41 grams, according to the affidavit.
Young was arrested for armed trafficking of MDMA, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of marijuana more than 20 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer without violence
Young, a convicted felon since 2008, was transported to the Lake County Jail, where he was released on $44,000 bond.
