A Key Largo man wanted on a warrant was arrested Friday night, and was found in possession of illegal narcotics and a stolen revolver during the arrest.
Deputy Cody Kerns and Sgt. Scott Ward went to a residence on Silver Springs Drive in Key Largo on Friday at 11:30 p.m. to serve a warrant on Sonny Santamaria. Santamaria was wanted on charges of theft and fraudulent use of a credit card.
Santamaria was living in a shed at the back of the residence. The officers made contact with him. He initially identified himself by a false name. Officers knew who he was through previous contacts and confronted him with the false information he had given them.
Santamaria was arrested. While he was being taken into custody, he managed to reach around to his waistband and threw two items to the ground. Those items were later identified as a plastic bag with cocaine inside and a revolver, fully loaded. A check on the gun’s serial number revealed it had been reported stolen on Jan. 17 from a home on Silver Springs Drive.
Santamaria was charged with the warrant; he also faces charges of possession of a weapon and ammunition by a convicted felon, grand theft of a firearm, two counts of resisting arrest, possession of cocaine and two counts of tampering with evidence.
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