Convicted McDavid Felon Charged With Weapons Offense, Narcotics

March 11, 2023

A convicted felon from McDavid is facing a weapons offense and drug charges after deputies found him in the passenger seat of a stolen car, according to the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

Travis Floyd Winters, 25, was charged with possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, and two counts of possession of a control substance without a valid prescription. He remained in the Escambia County Jail Saturday with bond set at $12,500.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Cumberland Farms on Pine Forest Road in reference to a stolen Chevrolet Impala. They arrived to find the vehicle parked by the gas pumps with Winters sitting in the front passenger seat.

Deputies recovered a small bag of cocaine, a bag containing alprazolam (a controlled substance) and a bag that contained a 9 mm round. The items were located near Winters’ seat belt buckle, according to an arrest report. Other suspected narcotics and paraphernalia were found in other locations in the vehicle, and a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun was found underneath the driver’s seat. Winters was only charged for the items found near his seat belt.

Winter denied the items near his seat belt buckle belonged to him.  He said he was just getting a ride from the driver of the vehicle, a female he had only known for about a month. She fled the store on foot before deputies arrived.

According to the ECSO, Winters has seven felony convictions, the most recent of which was February 28 for possession of cocaine.

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4 Responses to “Convicted McDavid Felon Charged With Weapons Offense, Narcotics”

  1. Centoria J. on March 12th, 2023 3:19 am

    From the looks of his mug shot, he probably was just caught up in the wrong group of so called friends. Trying to fit in and got stuck in the wrong spot. Also he looks young, so that’s sad. I have young boys (melinated) but whatever color, why not see the kid on the inside, crying out for acknowledgment, for acceptance, for the void they are trying to fill.

  2. Carolyn Bramblett on March 11th, 2023 8:17 am

    7 felony convictions and bond is an issue?

  3. Tiger on March 11th, 2023 5:48 am

    Lock him up and keep him there

  4. Steve on March 11th, 2023 4:58 am

    Drugs are eating our society up. Should be as many clinics as there are……….. to get people off these things. The cost benefit alone from lack of productivity, judicial cost and familys destroyed would more than justify more programs that can steer people out of the ditch they are in.

    Freedom is not so, when you under the burden of drugs.

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