Cantonment Man Gets Jail Time After Police Find Drugs During Bicycle Traffic Stop

July 24, 2019

A Cantonment man that was riding a bicycle when deputies pulled him over has been sentenced to jail on drug charges.

Billy Early Grantham was sentenced to 270 days in the county jail for possession of cocaine, possession of marijuana, possession of controlled substance without a prescription, and resisting arrest without violence.

In late January, the Pensacola Police Department stopped Grantham as he rode his bicycle about 3:40 a.m.  on Pace Boulevard near Cervantes Street for not having a required light on his bicycle.

During the search, officers located a metal pipe with marijuana residue and over three dozen pills of various types of controlled substances including Tramadol inside a backpack, according to arrest report. After providing consent to search, Grantham attempted to bolt away, and he was “assisted” to the ground by the police officer, the report states. At the jail, a corrections officer located a cocaine rock on his person.

Comments

6 Responses to “Cantonment Man Gets Jail Time After Police Find Drugs During Bicycle Traffic Stop”

  1. just sayin on July 25th, 2019 1:34 pm

    Pedaling drugs does not pay.

  2. john on July 24th, 2019 3:28 pm

    Interesting….he tried to bolt….then….He Must Have Changed His Mind, and decided to lay on the ground…..and the officer “assisted” him! We have such nice officers to make sure he wouldn’t hurt himself laying down on the ground.

  3. Old Guy on July 24th, 2019 12:57 pm

    This is worthy of Florida Man labeling/classification.

  4. chris on July 24th, 2019 10:08 am

    I’m sure the ground helped to cushion the fall.

  5. TJ on July 24th, 2019 8:40 am

    “Assisted to the ground”, love it!

  6. rance on July 24th, 2019 5:29 am

    How kind of the officer to assist bicycle boy to the ground!

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