Expired Tags Led To Arrest Of Michael Anthony Simon After Police Discover 10 lbs Of Weed | October 29
St Augustine: A traffic stop on Interstate 95 in St. Johns County over the weekend led to the discovery of 10 pounds of marijuana and an illegal firearm. Troopers said the vehicle, driven by 33-year-old Michael Anthony Simon, of Orlando, smelled of marijuana and there was a small amount of the substance sitting in plain sight in the car.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a trooper pulled over the car on northbound I-95 shortly after 11:30 p.m. that night after noticing the vehicle had an expired registration decal on the license plate.
Besides the small bag of marijuana in the center console, the trooper found an unzipped duffel bag containing 10 pounds of marijuana in the trunk. The search also turned up a loaded Glock 22 .40-caliber handgun with 22 rounds in the magazine.Simon was not allowed to have or use a firearm or ammunition because he is a convicted felon.
Michael Anthony Simon was arrested on 23 counts of illegal weapon possession by a felon and one count of marijuana possession. He was booked into the St. Johns County jail on $26,000 bond.
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