LADY LAKE, Florida—A Georgia man busted Wednesday with 130 pressed pills that tested positive for cocaine is facing a trafficking charge and being held in the Lake County Jail on no bond due to a probation violation.
Corey Michael Payton, 43, of Douglas, Georgia, was pulled over near the intersection of U.S. Highway 27/441 and Water Oak Boulevard after a license plate reader alerted Lady Lake Police a stolen vehicle had entered the town, according to an arrest affidavit.
Lady Lake Police detained Payton and began to inventory the vehicle before having it towed and found a prescription bottle in the center console that contained 130 pills that resembled Xanax bars, the arresting officer noted in the affidavit. The pills were filed tested and tested positive for cocaine. Payton’s legitimate prescription was also located in the console.
Payton told police a friend of his lent him the vehicle and he knew the pills were in the console, but they did not belong to him. “Based on the statements made in reference to the stolen vehicle, there was insufficient evidence to proceed further with charging Mr. Payton with grand theft auto,” the officer stated in the affidavit.
Payton was arrested for trafficking cocaine and transported to LCJ. He is also facing a violation of probation and is being held on no bond.
