- Name: WILLIAMS, ERIC RENALDO
- Charge: 28 GRAMS LESS THAN 150 KG COCAINE OR MIXTURE, DWLSR DRIVE WHILE LIC SUSPENDED 3RD OR SUBSQ CONV, COCAINE-POSS WIT SELL MFG DEL SCHEDULE II
- Residence: TAMPA
- Age: 27
A white Nissan doing 99 mph on Alligator Alley attracted the attention of a state trooper Friday night, who says he found more than 2½ pounds of cocaine in the trunk and marijuana in the driver’s sock.
Eric Renaldo Williams, 27, of Tampa, faces up to 30 years in a state prison without release for 15 years if convicted of the cocaine possession charge, a first-degree felony, and 15 years for felony possession with intent to sell. He is being held in the Collier County jail on $21,750 bond.
Shortly before 6 p.m., Trooper J.R. Moore was on patrol near mile-marker 95, when he spotted the car eastbound and estimated it was doing 100 mph, a report says. He turned on his radar, which showed 99 mph and stopped the car on the shoulder.
The driver who gave his name as Titus Williams said he’d left his license at home and his “auntie” owned the car. But the trooper checked his fingerprints and discovered that was a bogus name and birthdate, his license was suspended and he was wanted in Hillsborough County on a warrant for driving with a suspended license.
Due to a strong marijuana odor, the report says, the trooper searched the car and found the roughly 2½-pound brick of cocaine, tightly wrapped in a backpack in the trunk. As he continued searching, Williams yelled to him and let him take off his shoe, where there was about a one-quarter ounce of marijuana stashed in a plastic bag in his sock.
Williams also was charged with driving with a suspended license, a third-degree felony, and misdemeanor counts of providing a false name and marijuana possession.
Hillsborough court records show his record includes a conviction for misdemeanor marijuana possession in October and providing a false name to a law enforcement officer and driving with a suspended license in 2010.
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Comments » 20
naplesguy3206 writes:
this guy is the true elephanttammer.
Trexler writes:
Nothing like stickin it in a cops face and trying to get caught...go to jail moron (and on looks alone, you profile to 30 yrs..)
glennhamilton writes:
Professional criminal. Lock him up for life.
puckdog writes:
Yea....I'm going to go 99mph with 2.5 lbs of coke in the car!.......brilliant, home slice!.......
Leathercraftswoman (Inactive) writes:
It never ceases to amaze me that when drug runners carry drugs across the state, they either have a tag light or tail light out, or are speeding. You would think the thought of prison time for carrying that massive amount of cocaine and pot would make them so paranoid they would make sure not to speed and make sure the car was all legal. Stupidity alone should put his butt in jail...
tampacoco writes:
LOL so true!
lil_Sebastian writes:
im suprised they had time for this since they were so busy in naples park busting the "grow operation" all 2 plants. lol
wentfishn writes:
This guy was probably a decoy , and 500lbs or more prob went by while they were busy with him, and if an illegal search is found to have been conducted the guy walks on the drug charge.
Chester writes:
Yes, Im quite sure this bozo gave up 30 years of his life for "the cause." Sounds like a completely legal search to me!
sendemback writes:
Oh yea, I think we may have the dumbest a-- arrested this year to date in Collier County.
Leathercraftswoman (Inactive) writes:
It won't be an illegal stop since this guy was doing 99 mph. So foolish!! The prison time on these offenses are hefty. He would be better off running like the wind.
slogoodland writes:
dummy
wentfishn writes:
The stop and the arrest were ok, but depending what the officer said happened, he MAY have needed a search warrent to look in the trunk and the back pack. If his safety wasnt endangered, and urgency wasnt an issue. Thats all im saying.
Sick writes:
"Auntie" LOL
munchkinsdaddy2 writes:
A 21,000 dollar bail on a half million dollars worth of cocaine Brilliant, I'll bet he has already made bail as I write this and is laughing his a-- off picking up his latest ID and next delivery. Course hes an idiot driving 99mph with 2.5 pounds of cocaine how smart can he be
godsize71 writes:
half a million worth of coke? it was only 2.5 pds...50-55,000 for that..where did you get half million? your getting ripped off
Giega writes:
2 1/2 pounds of coke in the trunk. Why hide the weed in your sock? Moron! He should get another 20 years in the slammer for the stupidity thingy.
People come to this country for freedom. Ok, but we are NOT going to give you THAT much freedom.
furball writes:
99 miles an hour carrying 2 lbs of cocaine.
How stupid could you be?
He should be locked up for stupidity.
Hope he dosen't have too many baby mommas.
Sick writes:
Decoy for the semi that drove right by loaded with 5 tons.
Uh Duh..........
TRIPWIRE writes:
I have seen this cheetah before....
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