A Gainesville man was arrested Monday morning after Gainesville Police found cocaine baggies floating in swamp water, according to the arrest report.
Daniel Andre McKenzie, a 28-year-old Gainesville resident, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting an officer without violence and loitering.
A GPD officer was sitting in a parked patrol car in the Niche Apartments parking lot, on Southwest 37th Boulevard off of Southwest Archer Road, after K-9 Leo responded to a car alarm in the apartment complex, according to the report. McKenzie reportedly rode his bike by the patrol car and was surprised to see the officer.
When the officer exited the car, McKenzie said, “I didn’t do it.” He dropped his bike and ran away when the officer told him to stop, according to the report.
Police chased McKenzie on foot and found a fresh set of footprints leading to a body of swamp water north of the apartment complex, according to the report. A shirt that appeared to be McKenzie’s was found next to three baggies floating in the water. The substance in the baggies tested positive for cocaine, according to the report.
The K-9 found McKenzie in the wooded area by the apartments. McKenzie was reportedly shirtless, with fresh scratches on his arm and wet from the knees down.
McKenzie is being held in Alachua County Jail in lieu of a $25,000 bond.
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