A Fruitland Park man was arrested early Wednesday morning near a dumpster at the rear of the stores at Leesburg Square on Citrus Boulevard.
A Leesburg police officer was performing a security check at the shopping center when he saw a man and a woman near a dumpster after all the stores had closed.
He made contact with 32-year-old Blake A. Pentheny and the woman. The officer ran their names through the communication center of the Leesburg Police Department which showed that Pentheny had previously been trespassed from the property. While placing Pentheny, under arrest another officer arrived and began a search of a bag that Pentheny had been carrying. That bag contained methamphetamine, fentanyl and four hypodermic needles.
Pentheny was booked at the Leesburg Police Station for two counts of possession of controlled substances, trespass after warning and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was transported to the Lake County Jail where bond was set at $6,000.
