Gainesville Police arrested two local men late Saturday night after they reportedly threw Ecstasy out of their car during a traffic stop.
At about 11 p.m., authorities stopped a gold Infiniti at a gas station, located at 1300 West University Ave., for not using headlights. The driver, Robert Okeia Barnett, 27, immediately got out of the car and tried to walk away, according to a police report.
Officers found a sock outside the passenger’s side of the car, according to the report.
Inside the sock, police found a brown rock-like substance and six clear-white capsules with a brown substance.
Both substances, each weighing less than 15 grams, tested positive for Ecstasy, according to the report.
The car’s passenger, Khalil Keari Barnett, 18, told police Robert Barnett threw the sock out of the passenger window during the traffic stop, according to the report.
Robert Barnett told police he had been taking Molly every day since his mother passed away, and both men admitted to being currently under the influence of the drug, according to the report.
Both men said they knew what was in the sock but that it did not belong to either of them.
Police charged both men with trafficking in Ecstasy and tampering with evidence.
Officers took both men to the Alachua County Jail where Robert Barnett remained as of press time in lieu of a $35,000 bond, and Khalil Barnett remained as of press time in lieu of a $20,000 bond.
[A version of this story ran on page 3 on 3/8/2015 under the headline “Two men arrested for Ecstasy trafficking during traffic stop”]
