LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A man accused of burglarizing a home in Paisley last month was arrested after presenting a deputy with a bag of meth and asking him to test it, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The deputy was patrolling around noon Aug. 27 on Highway 42 when he was flagged down by victims of the alleged burglary, the sheriff’s office said on social media. One of the victims described the suspect, identified as Timothy Gunter, 34, and pointed in his direction further up the road, telling the deputy that Gunter had just burglarized their home while their family members were inside.
After catching up to Gunter, the deputy said the suspect spontaneously uttered that he had received some “bad” narcotics and presented a plastic baggie filled with a clear, crystal-like substance, according to the sheriff’s office.
Gunter then told the deputy that something was wrong with the substance and requested that it be tested, the post states, adding he otherwise allegedly admitted to entering the victim’s residence because he heard dogs barking inside.
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The substance was tested after all, producing a presumptive positive result for methamphetamine, the post states.
Gunter was booked at the Lake County Jail to face charges of criminal mischief with damage to property of less than $200, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and unarmed burglary of an occupied dwelling. He’s being held on $18,000 bond, records show.
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