MOUNT DORA, Florida—Former American Idol contestant David Oliver Willis was arrested late Friday after Mount Dora Police found seven squares of suspected LSD in a backpack with his personal belongings.
According to the arrest affidavit, MDPD observed a Chevrolet SUV with a non-functioning headlight on Eudora Road near Brown Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. An officer conducted a traffic stop and detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle and when asked about it, Willis reportedly said he had been smoking at a friend’s house prior to the stop.
Police searched the vehicle and found a grinder in the front passenger seat with green leafy residue and a black backpack. Inside the backpack, police found Willis’ personal belongings, including bank cards and a baggie that contained seven small squares of paper.
MDPD field-tested one of the squares and it tested positive for LSD, the affidavit states. Willis, 31, admitted the backpack belonged to him, but denied the LSD was his, according to the affidavit.
Willis was transported to the Lake County Jail, where he was released on $2,000 bond.
