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Cantonment Man Charged With Fentanyl Trafficking After Traffic Stop
January 2, 2025
A Cantonment man was arrested by police with multiple drug charges including fentanyl trafficking after a traffic stop.
Cole Peyton Johns, 28, was charged with trafficking four or more grams of fentanyl, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, resisting arrest without violence, possession of a drug paraphernalia, and driving with a suspended license.
On Christmas Eve, a Pensacola Police Department officer stopped Johns for suspended license on K Street. PPD said Johns provided his name and date of birth because he did not have his driver’s license. An Escambia County Sheriff’s Office K-9 responded and alerted on the vehicle.
During a search, officers located a backpack in the vehicle, and Johns fled on foot, according to an arrest report. He was apprehended by police at the corner of West Gregory and North K streets.
Inside the backpack, PPD officer reported finding four pipes with fentanyl residue, along with 31.4 grams of powder in plastic baggies and a pill bottle that tested positive for fentanyl. The report states officers also found nine and one-quarter Alprazolam pills, multiple small baggies, two scales with suspected fentanyl residue and a handgun with seven unspent rounds in the magazine.
According to the report, Johns confessed he owned the backpack and told police that the narcotics were heroin but offered a “silent acknowledgement ” when told the field test showed fentanyl. He also admitted to police that he sold narcotics and that the firearm belonged to him.
Johns was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $32,500 bond.
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12 Responses to “Cantonment Man Charged With Fentanyl Trafficking After Traffic Stop”
REGARDING:
“not all people are buying drugs. There are people dieing from Fentanyl poisoning from residue that they came in contact with, or giving to them without their knowledge”
True.
Also true folks would not be handling illegal drugs if other people were not buying them. Those purchasing illegal drugs are showing they don’t care if others are harmed by them.
@derek: thanks for the correction about the bond.
The Governor appoints and the legislature approves the justices. So, again– those concerned need to address it with their elected officials.
David Hue Green, not all people are buying drugs. There are people dieing from Fentanyl poisoning from residue that they came in contact with, or giving to them without their knowledge, it doesn’t take much to kill someone.
REGARDING:
“try them, convict them, and give them the death penalty. This is the ONLY way to STOP them from selling drugs.”
Well, maybe that or decide to stop buying drugs for entertainment.
FYI the state legislature DOES NOT SET BOND SCHEDULES. The Florida Supreme Court sets the bond schedule for the state of Florida.
Bond parameters in Florida are set by the state legislature. That’s been controlled by republicans in Florida since the 1990s.
If you have a problem with the the bond, contact your local republican representative.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
Fentanyl Kills, we will only win the war on drugs, when we START charging drug traffickers with murder. They know that any drug can KILL, so arrest them, try them, convict them, and give them the death penalty. This is the ONLY way to STOP them from selling drugs.
Fentanyl deealers should be arrested, held without bond in jail for trial, if found guilty then sent to prison for at least 15 years with no chance of parole or early out.
They are dealers in deadly poison which to us is like pre-meditated murder.
Readily available Narcan is great for reversing drug overdoses.
However, many are taking overdoses of deadly drugs knowing that they will be saved, revived by the Narcan. So, it becomes a game of trusting someone to administer the Narcan when another is at the brink of death.
Wonder what area of Cantonment he lived in???
So he knew exactly what he was doing and knew that when he got caught it was going to be real bad. SO I hope the judge understands this situation probably won’t get better until he’s unable to do this any longer. Answer: prison until he’s way to old to breathe on his own. Oh also there’s people out there that will say that’s cruel punishment well you better remember this drug kills quickly.
Why even a bond(I know that’s pre set by judges..my question was rhetorical). This fella has already proven he’s not going to obey ANY laws. Look at his charges and THEN he fled during this stop. He needs to go away for awhile and sit and think about just how messed up his life is in a few short years. There time to change and live on the good side of life but that CHANGE has to happen within first. With no regard or respect for the laws he needs to be taught both…go ahead and give out the order TO TRANSPORT!
What a waste of a life and certainly one that could care less for other lives.