CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department attempted a traffic stop of a vehicle shortly after 10 a.m. yesterday at the intersection of Ferdon Boulevard and Walmart Road in Crestview.
The vehicle made a sudden stop on Nicole Lane, at which time the driver and passengers attempted to flee on foot, according to police, who tased the driver and took him into custody. During the arrest, police discovered more than 28 grams of marijuana and 24 grams of cocaine, along with $1,700 in the vehicle, according to a news release.
The Crestview Police Department arrested 28-year-old Robert Harrison Allen and charged him with fleeing and eluding law enforcement at high speed, possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, criminal mischief more than $200 and resisting arrest without violence.
Allen was delivered into the custody of the Okaloosa County Jail.
In an unrelated drug incident, additional officers searched the neighborhood for the passenger who fled from the vehicle. As officers searched for that person, they observed 25 plants of marijuana growing in plain view in the back yard of a residence on Trenton Avenue, the street behind Nicole Lane, where the traffic stop was conducted.
The Crestview Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at the residence and seized the marijuana plants.
The Crestview Police Department arrested 29-year-old, Lareina Theressia Sherrod, of Trenton Avenue, and charged her with manufacture/cultivation of marijuana.
She was delivered into the custody of the Okaloosa County Jail without incident.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Crestview police discover marijuana farm during unrelated drug bust