POLICE / PUBLIC SAFETY

Trafficking amounts of oxycodone found in diaper bag during traffic stop

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — A traffic stop for illegal window tint turned up trafficking amounts of oxycodone and some methamphetamine in a child’s diaper bag, along with a loaded firearm with an extended magazine holding 27 rounds of ammunition.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office charged Travon Hutchins, 22, with trafficking in oxycodone, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, and driving with a suspended license.

Glenniecia Larkins, 23, was arrested for trafficking in oxycodone, possession of a controlled substance, and carrying a concealed firearm.

Deputies say the 9 mm handgun was in a Crown Royal bag on the passenger side floorboard where Larkins had been seated.

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She said she did not know how the extended magazine got placed in the firearm, nor how a round had been cycled into the chamber.

Three children under the age of six were inside the vehicle when it was stopped around 8:15 p.m. on February 6 on Gibson Road near Fort Walton Beach.

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