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Driver arrested with methamphetamine after blowing through stop signs at Pinellas Plaza

Joshua Steven Mitchell

A driver who blew through two stop signs at the Pinellas Plaza was arrested with methamphetamine.

Joshua Steven Mitchell, 20, of Wildwood, had been driving a vehicle at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday when he ran a stop sign at Burnsed Boulevard and then a second stop sign at the Pinellas Library, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department.

The report indicated Mitchell had been traveling at a “very high rate of speed.”

He told a police officer he ran the stop signs because he was tired and wanted to get home.

A search of the vehicle turned up methamphetamine in the center console.

He was arrested on a charge of drug possession and booked at the Sumter County Detention Center. He was released after posting $1,500.

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