Deputies: Drug suspect flushes detective's recorder, taunts: 'Tighten up on your job, homie'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Authorities in Florida say a man confessed to trafficking methamphetamine — and then flushed the detective's recorder down the toilet.
The Ledger reported (http://bit.ly/ShaU1r) Saturday that Polk County deputies say they found 30-year-old Patrick Townsend driving with 32.4 grams of meth in his boxers during a Wednesday traffic stop.
Deputies say Townsend confessed, claiming he usually deals in much larger quantities. A detective recorded the confession but left the recorder on a desk. Authorities say Townsend grabbed it, hid it in his armpit and asked to use the bathroom, where he flushed it.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An arrest affidavit says that when the detective looked for the recorder, Townsend mocked him by saying: "Tighten up on your job, homie."
Townsend was jailed without bail Saturday, charged with meth trafficking and destroying evidence. No information on an attorney was immediately available.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Information from: The Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), http://www.theledger.com