An Inverness man with a suspended license was arrested with heroin after being stopped at 7-Eleven.
A deputy observed 53-year-old David Howard Crosby driving a black 2008 Subaru hatchback westbound in Bushnell around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle had an expired registration as of April 6, and Crosby was known to have a suspended driver’s license.
Due to this, the deputy stopped him at 7-Eleven, 2460 W C 48. He asked Crosby for his license, registration and proof of insurance, to which he paused and was unable to provide any of these documents. A check of his driving history confirmed his license was still suspended, the report said.
Crosby advised that he had recently updated the insurance on the vehicle and consistently received mail on the matter, as well as correspondence from Citrus County Court. This indicated that he regularly checked his mail, so the deputy mentioned being sent notice of his driver’s license suspension. Crosby then began giving information unrelated to the suspension, the report said.
A subsequent inventory of the vehicle yielded a plastic bag of marijuana in the driver’s door. Inside a compartment below the radio was another plastic bag of black, sticky heroin. There was also a glass pipe commonly used for smoking marijuana on the passenger-side floorboard, the report said.
A later check of Crosby’s criminal history determined he had prior narcotic-related convictions, the report said.
Crosby was ultimately arrested on charges of driving while license suspended or revoked, possession of marijuana (less than 20 grams), possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of heroin. He was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center with bond set at $5,500.