Traffic Stop LandsTwo People in Jail

Matt Boster

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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Jun 18 2018 6:40 PM

HOLMES COUNTY, Fla. - A traffic stop near the intersection of Highways 177 and 79 resulted in two arrests on Thursday, June 14.

A Holmes County Sheriff’s Office investigator observed that a truck traveling south on Highway 177 had a crack in the windshield which was obstructing the driver’s side view. A traffic stop was initiated as the driver pulled into an apartment complex near the intersection at Highway 79.

Contact was made with the driver, identified as Joseph Lee Fletcher, 42, of a Spring Cove Lane address in Ponce de Leon and the passenger, who initially provided a false name. The Investigator and another deputy who arrived on scene each recognized the passenger as 29-year-old Kayla Brooke Stiles of a Saint Johns Road address in Bonifay, who had an active Holmes County warrant for violation of probation on previous charges of petit theft and criminal mischief.

When confronted about her true identity, the passenger admitted her name was Kayla Stiles, and dispatchers with the Holmes County Communications Center confirmed the active warrant.

When the investigator asked Lee for permission to search the truck, he replied by telling the investigator to "get a warrant."

A K9 unit was dispatched to conduct a free air sniff of the vehicle and alerted to the presence of illegal narcotics. A white powdery substance was located during the subsequent search and field tested postive for methamphetamine.

A further search also revealed drug paraphernalia hidden in the dash of the truck. Stiles was charged and booked into the Holmes County Jail on the exisiting active warrant.

Lee was booked into the Holmes County Jail on charges of possession of methamphetamine and resisting arrest without violence.

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