March 18, 2019
On Friday evening, March 15, 2019 Deputy Gary Garboski with his
K-9 partner Molly stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation. Deputy Garboski
spoke to the driver and while doing so smelled the odor of marijuana. The
driver produced a marijuana vape pen, three THC cartridges and her medical
marijuana prescription card. Deputy Garboski knew the THC vape pens did not
smell like burning marijuana when used and pressed the driver and her passenger
for more information.
Deputy Garboski searched the vehicle and located raw leaf marijuana,
three vape pens which contained THC oil (a felony) and a marijuana pipe in the
center console of car. The passenger, Robert Klein (4-2-86) from Fort White,
claimed ownership of all of these items and said the driver did not know he had
placed them there. Klein also said he had a firearm in the trunk of the
vehicle.
Deputy Garboski searched the trunk of the vehicle and
located a loaded .223 rifle and a loaded .40 caliber pistol. Concealed in a bag
next to these guns were more drugs. Deputy Garboski seized 86 alprazolam pills,
68 THC vape cartridges, THC wax, 31 MDMA pills, 106 hits of LSD, two THC energy
drinks and 1 ½ pounds of raw marijuana. Klein claimed ownership of all of these
drugs, too.
Klein was arrested and booked into the Levy County Detention
Facility. He was charged with trafficking in LSD, possession with the intent to
distribute marijuana, three counts of possession of a controlled substance without
a prescription, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and
possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $34,000.00.