Staff report

ALACHUA, Fla. – John Kada Talton II, 48, of High Springs, was arrested early this morning and charged with drug and ammunition possession.

At about 4:55 a.m. on January 26, an Alachua Police Department officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a stop sign violation.

The officer learned from the dispatcher that the driver and registered owner of the vehicle, identified as Talton, was on probation and house arrest; Alachua Chronicle was unable to verify that he is still on house arrest, but his drug offender probation was extended to 10 years in 2022 after multiple violations of probation in a Columbia County drug possession case.

While the officer was trying to contact Talton’s probation officer, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office K-9 team arrived, and the K-9 alerted to illegal substances in the vehicle.

A search of the vehicle reportedly produced baggies, one of which contained 0.7 grams of methamphetamine; a methamphetamine pipe; 27 1-mg Xanax pills in a bottle with a label for 0.5-mg Xanax pills prescribed to Talton; and one round of ammunition.

Post Miranda, both Talton and his passenger denied any knowledge of the items found in the vehicle; as the driver and owner of the vehicle, Talton was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of ammunition by a convicted felon, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Talton has at least six felony convictions and has served three state prison sentences, two out of Alachua County and one out of Columbia County; he was most recently released in May 2022. Judge James Colaw set bail at $155,000.

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