CRESTVIEW - If you're riding in a car with illegal window tint, you should probably leave any narcotics at the house.
On Dec. 15 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy stopped a car on Airport Road because its windows were tinted with illegal tint.
A Crestview Police K9 unit also stopped and the dog, K9 Eto, alerted to the presence of narcotics in the car.
The occupants were removed from the car and the passenger, 50-year-old Clarence Smiley of Pensacola, told the deputy he had "some narcotics" in his pocket. The deputy found a prescription bottle filled with suspected crack cocaine in Smiley's right-front pocket. He also found a large quantity of "dime bags" between the passenger seat and the center console, along with latex gloves.
Smiley said he bought the crack from a person at "The Thrifty" to sell and was on his way to make a "drop." He added he didn't smoke crack and insisted it was not for personal use.
He was charged with cocaine possession with intent to sell, and drug equipment possession.
His court date is Feb. 12.
