A Lady Lake man with a long criminal history was nabbed with drugs on U.S. Hwy. 27/441 at Eagles Nest Road in Fruitland Park.
Josh Brady Chaney, 34, at about 9 p.m. Monday was driving a tan 1998 Dodge pickup when a Lake County sheriff’s deputy noticed that Chaney changed lanes without using a turn signal. After nearly hitting another vehicle and having trouble maintaining his lane, Chaney tossed a lit cigarette out the truck’s window, according to an arrest report.
During a traffic stop, a syringe loaded with methamphetamine was discovered. In addition, Xanax was found in the vehicle. When he was taken to the Lake County Jail for booking, he was asked if he had any contraband. Chaney “reached into his rear end area and pulled out a clear plastic baggie which contained a white crystal like substance,” later identified as methamphetamine.
He was arrested on two felony counts of possession of a controlled substance and a misdemeanor charge of possession of paraphernalia. He was booked at the Lake County Jail on $5,000 bond.
Chaney was arrested last year in the theft of a pickup truck from Wawa in Lady Lake.
Chaney was arrested in 2018 in the theft of copper wire from a property near The Villages. He was arrested again later that same year after showing up at a woman’s home on Eagle’s Nest Road in Fruitland Park.