Man found passed out behind the wheel arrested on DUI, drug charges: deputies
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA)– A man was arrested for DUI and possession of narcotics after deputies found him passed out behind his driver's seat, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.
On April 18, deputies responded to a report of a man passed out behind the wheel of his car in a Subway parking lot in Palm Coast. The man was identified as 37-year-old John Perez.
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Body camera video shows the deputy approach him, checking to see if Perez was having a medical episode.
'We got a call in regards of you to check you out and make sure you're okay. What's going on today?'
Perez said he was having a bad day. The deputy asked him if he remembered how he got to the Subway parking lot.
'Before I got to Dunkin, I felt really like light-headed, so I stopped at Subway to grab, and I asked them for some water, and I got back in the car, and here I am, and I still never made it to Dunkin,' said Perez.
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The deputy then conducted a DUI investigation, which led to his arrest.
While searching Perez's car, deputies found multiple needles in the back seat, including one with a brown liquid in the syringe, later identified as heroin.
Perez told officials he did not have any narcotics or weapons. After a search at the jail, a white pill, identified as Lorazepam, was found in his sock.
'Bringing drugs or anything illegal into the Green Roof Inn will earn you another felony arrest on top of the charges that brought you to jail in the first place,' said Sheriff Rick Staly. 'Unfortunately for this guy, he either tried to lie to deputies or forgot about the pill in his sock. Regardless of the reason, let this be a lesson that bringing drugs into the jail will not be tolerated and our detention deputies will always find them.'
Perez was charged with a DUI, possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, introduction of contraband into a correctional institution and possession of a harmful new legend drug without a prescription, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.
Perez is being held on a $4,500 bond.
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