SNEADS, Fla. (WTXL) - A Florida Correctional Officer trainee is behind bars in Jackson County after a K-9 found marijuana inside his car while he was at work.
On Dec. 19, officers were notified of a K9 alert for a car on Apalachee Correctional Institution's property. The car belonged to correctional officer trainee Otis Pennywell, who signed a consent to search the car.
During the search, green plant material identified as "shake" was found in the passenger side floor board and in a box contained in the driver's side door. A grinder was also found above the radio of the car.
Pennywell was later placed under arrest and said he was the owner of the car along with his grandmother.
He stated his grandmother had not driven the car in a "very long while", yet his aunt did have access to the car and drove it occasionally.
Pennywell declined to provide the identity of his aunt and further stated he did not smell anything in the car and had no knowledge of what the substance was or how it got inside the car.
He is being charged with introduction of contraband, possession of cannabis, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Pennywell was taken to the Jackson County Jail.
