Leesburg police arrested a man with stolen eggnog while investigating a report of suspicious activity.
Officers were were dispatched Thursday night to the 3300 block of Main St. when a caller reported that two men were acting suspiciously in an area behind Branam James Construction. When the officer made contact with the caller she told them that she had seen the two men enter the Dollar General store next door.
The officer found the two men in the Dollar General store and he asked them what they had been doing behind the construction business. They said that they were hiding their bicycles so they would not be stolen. The officer recognized one of the men from previous encounters. He confirmed it was 29-year-old Roy Eugene Wilson.
When the officer did a records check he discovered that Wilson was wanted on a Lake County warrant for failing to appear in court on a drug paraphernalia charge. The officer searched Wilson and found his backpack. It contained five hypodermic needles and fentanyl. Also found in the backpack were several items including cold milk and eggnog for which Wilson had not paid. Total value of the items was $9.60, according to the store manager.
Wilson was booked at the Leesburg Police Station on charges of retail theft, possession of controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Wilson has been arrested on drug charges nine times in the last three years.
Wilson was transported to the Lake County Jail where bond was set at $4,000.
