Florida woman busted in Motel 6 parking lot drug deal charged with fentanyl trafficking

On September 2, the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office headquartered in Brooksville, Florida, announced that on Wednesday at 12:21 a.m., Deputy Y. Hantzis and Deputy S. Gutierrez watched as a possible narcotics transaction was going down in the parking lot of the Motel 6 located at 6172 Commercial Way in Spring Hill.  Moments later, one of the individuals involved in that suspected drug deal drove off from the parking lot and headed north on Commercial Way.

Deputies conducted a check of the vehicle’s tag, which revealed the registered owner had a suspended driver’s license. Deputies conducted a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Circle K gas station located at 6227 Deltona Boulevard.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as 31-year-old Tara Lynn Breeden.

As deputies approached, they observed Breeden attempting to hide clear baggies containing a white powdery substance and a crystal-like substance on her person. Additional baggies were found lying between Breeden’s legs.  The substances in the baggies were later field-tested and identified as fentanyl and methamphetamine.

Deputies located a total of 6 grams of fentanyl and 4.1 grams of methamphetamine.
Additionally, 1.5 grams of marijuana and various drug paraphernalia were also located in the suspect’s vehicle.

Breeden was charged with:

• Trafficking in a Controlled Substance,
• two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Sell,
• Possession of Marijuana,
• Driving while License is Suspended (third or subsequent offense), and
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Fox 13 Tampa Bay shared that, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, “two milligrams of fentanyl can be lethal depending on a person’s body size, tolerance and past usage.”

Breeden was transported to the Hernando County Detention Center where she is being held in lieu of a $53,000 bond.

(Source: Hernando County Sheriff’s Office)

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