Cantonment Man Arrested On Drug Charges

March 13, 2013

A Cantonment man is behind bars on multiple drug charges following a traffic stop on the George Stone Technical Center campus.

Corderius Devon Stanton was charged with felony cocaine possession, marijuana possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and two felony counts of destroying evidence. He was also cited for not wearing a seat belt.

An Escambia County deputy initiated a traffic stop on Stanton’s vehicle on Diamond Dairy Road, with Stanton continuing on to weave through the George Stone Campus before coming to a stop.

Escambia County Sheriff’s K-9 Rex alerted on the car, where deputies reporting finding marijuana. Deputies also found a knife that field tested positive for the presence of cocaine. As deputies placed Stanton under arrest, they found he was concealing a piece of crack cocaine in his mouth. He was ordered to spit out the crack, but swallowed it instead, according to an arrest report.

Stanton consented to a Q-tip swab of his mouth to test for cocaine residue. As the deputy conducted the test, Stanton bit down on the Q-tip. He was transported to Sacred Heart Hospital for medical treatment after the swab tested positive for cocaine.

At Sacred Heart, Stanton attempted a flying, head first leap out of the patrol vehicle while tossing a “large amount” of loose marijuana on the ground.  He was secured on the sidewalk before being taken into the hospital.

Medical personnel reported finding a marijuana cigarette near Stanton’s privates.

Comments

5 Responses to “Cantonment Man Arrested On Drug Charges”

  1. Kevin on March 14th, 2013 5:58 pm

    Sucks to hear about these things; especially since my dad is the one who teaches welding at George Stone during the day now. This guy was apparently one of his students at the time.

  2. rodney hester on March 13th, 2013 10:55 pm

    Man, some people are just plain stupid. As if he could get away with any of his actions after being stopped by the police. If you are gonna be dumb enough to do drugs and run around with them, be man enough to surrender and cooperate once you have been detained. Know when to quit idiot.

  3. David Huie Green on March 13th, 2013 10:38 am

    Not especially cooperative

  4. THS grad on March 13th, 2013 10:09 am

    Sad, that I went to school with this kid, Grad of 2010 , and many others that are popping up around here lately..Whats the world coming to?!?!?!?

  5. Hylton on March 13th, 2013 7:57 am

    Sheriff Morgan on radio this morning talking about disaportionate black on white crime.

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