Tallahassee man facing gun, drug charges in Franklin stop
Karl EttersA Tallahassee man is facing gun and drug charges after he was pulled over in Franklin County Sunday afternoon.
Jimmy Quintero, 24, was stopped at about 4:30 p.m. following too closely behind another vehicle at the intersection of Highway 98 and Highway 319 just south of Sopchoppy.
Quintero told a Florida Highway Patrol trooper he didn’t have a driver’s license and was asked to get out of his 2012 Honda Accord.
Troopers and a Franklin County Sheriff’s deputy searched the vehicle and found a 9mm semi-automatic pistol lying on the floor under a towel, almost 3 ounces of an unknown plant, 2 grams of marijuana, 8 grams of a powdery white substance, a digital scale and a box of ammunition.
Quintero was charged with driving with a suspended license, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and following too closely.