On Monday, 44-year-old Bernardo Baptist’s car broke down at Harborview and Tamiami Trail around 1 p.m. Deputies say they saw the vehicle in the road with the hazard lights on and began to help. Deputies say as one deputy helped Baptist push his vehicle off the roadway he noticed a strong smell of marijuana coming from him. After receiving permission from Baptist to search him, deputies say they found a plastic baggie in his front pocket containing 5 grams of marijuana. After the search Baptist was arrested on nine counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. .
