FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested a group of suspects on multiple drug charges on April 28, 202 after a U-Haul ran a red light.
Deputies pulled the moving truck over in the Palm Coast Walmart parking lot after the incident.
That’s when deputies found two suspects, 25-year-old Jerome Hurst and 38-year-old Jessica Bontempo, in the front seats.
The FCSO K-9 conducted a search of the vehicle, which alerted deputies to an odor of narcotics.
Deputies would later find a straw with residue under the passenger seat and a hollowed-out pen with residue in Bontempo’s bra that tested positive for methamphetamine.
Detectives would open the cargo area where 23-year-olds Josiah Feimster and Bridgett Dubena were found with drug paraphernalia.
All four suspects were arrested and taken to Green Roof Inn on a list of charges, including possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance, tampering with evidence, and resisting without violence.
A fifth suspect came during the investigation and was told multiple times to stay at least 25 feet away, after they ignored the warnings. 42-year-old April Hamilton was taken into custody.
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