Traffic stop leads to drug charges

HOPE – On April 26, at approximately 5:40p.m., HCSO Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a green Mercedes- Benz near on AVE B near County Road 2.

Deputies arrested 44-year-old Demetrius Scott of Washington and charged him with possession of controlled substance.  Deputies found a liquid substance believed to be liquid Hydrocodone.

Scott was taken to the HCDF and is awaiting a first court appearance