Man Arrested On Warrant Faces Additional Drug Charges: Sarasota Police

SARASOTA, FL — A man arrested on a warrant Friday morning faces additional charges after drugs were found in his car, authorities said.

Tyron Brown, 31, was arrested just before noon near the intersection of Lemon Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way on a warrant for fleeing to elude law enforcement and operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license, according to a Sarasota Police Department news release.

During a search of Brown’s car, officers found one large plastic baggie containing .6 grams of crack cocaine, one large plastic baggie containing 13 individually packaged baggies of a white powdery substance that tested positive for heroin (3.9 grams total) and two large plastic baggies containing 11 individually packaged baggies of a purple powdery substance that tested positive for fentanyl (3.9 grams total), police said.

He was brought to the Sarasota County Jail, where he was charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of heroin with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a school, possession of fentanyl with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a school and tampering with evidence.