Leesburg police arrested a man Tuesday morning for drug possession in a parking lot on Venetian Park Drive.
Dispatch had received a call about 11:17 a.m. that two men appeared to be passed out in a silver utility vehicle. The men were unresponsive when first contacted by the officers. The officers saw that the driver, later identified as, 39-year-old Jacob Cripe, of Leesburg had a clear plastic container between his legs with what appeared to contain a white crystalline substance which later field tested as methamphetamine. The officers could also see a piece of aluminum foil with a chawed black substance between Cripe’s legs.
When Cripe was removed from the car, the officers found another container which also held a white crystalline substance. Cripe was placed under arrest for possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was booked at the Lake County jail and released after posting $3,000 bond.