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Cantonment Man Found Passed Out At Traffic Light Convicted Of Meth Trafficking
April 5, 2018
A Cantonment man found passed out in his vehicle at an intersection in Santa Rosa County has been convicted of drug trafficking.
Robbie Donaldson, 60, was found guilty by a Santa Rosa County jury of trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
On May 20, 2017, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a citizen report of a reckless driver. Deputies arrived to find Donaldson passed out over the steering wheel with his vehicle running and in gear at a traffic light. While the Donaldson was being cleared by a EMS to ensure that he was not experiencing a medical emergency, an officer observed a syringe on the driver’s side floorboard of the his rental vehicle and an empty baggie.
After a positive alert from a K-9, deputies searched the vehicle and found 17.8 grams of methamphetamine in the center console of the vehicle along with numerous syringes, small baggies, a scale and other drug paraphernalia.
Circuit Judge David Rimmer scheduled sentencing for June 2. Donaldson faces a three year minimum mandatory sentence for the trafficking conviction and up to 30 years in state prison.
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