A man pulled over for a stop sign violation burst in to tears and told the Lake County deputy that he “did not want to go back to jail” as he was removed from his van.
The van’s driver, 43-year-old Peter Ahn of Zellwood, was seen running a stop sign at 9:32 p.m. Tuesday by the deputy at County Road 44 and Emeralda Road in Leesburg. Ahn told the deputy he did not have a license and that is when he burst into tears.
The deputy could see a glass pipe in plain sight in the vehicle’s cup holder. A search of Ahn’s van turned up cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. He also had a stolen license plate in the van.
Ahn was charged with possession of controlled substances (cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuanas), driving while license suspended (habitual offender) and petit theft.
The Chicago, Illinois native was booked at the Lake County Jail with bond set at $11,000.