The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office arrested three individuals it believes are drug dealers in a traffic stop on Thursday, the agency announced on Monday. 36-year-old Brett Bosier, 31-year-old Ashlyn Newmans, and 30-year-old Caleb Tucker have all been issued varying drug-related charges. Tucker and Newmans are listed as living on Hernandez Avenue in Palm Coast, while Bosier is listed as residing on Coral Reef Court.
The arrests came following a traffic stop on Thursday, September 11th in Palm Coast’s F Section. The vehicle had been identified while driving on I-95, for reportedly holding up traffic in the left lane and having illegally dark window tint.
Detectives with the FCSO’s Problem Area Crime Enforcement Unit pulled the truck over. There they found the three occupants, with Bosier driving, Tucker in the front passenger seat, and Newmans in the rear passenger seat. At least one detective recognized Bosier from some of his prior bookings into the county jail dating back to April 2020.
Newmans was said to have initially refused to provide identification to the detectives. A K-9 narcotics detection team responded to the stop, with the deputy subsequently asking that three occupants exit their truck. At this point a detective reportedly saw Tucker putting a plastic bag in between the seat and center console, while Newmans put a glasses case under the seat in front of her. K-9 Kyro conducted a free-air sniff, and alerted the deputies to the presence of drugs in the vehicle.
Upon searching their truck, detectives are said to have found several drugs and paraphernalia. The bag that’d been placed between the seat and console and the glasses case were both recovered. Among the substances the FCSO says they recovered were fentanyl, methamphetamine, and mannitol.
They also found a digital scale, a black backpack containing the mannitol, a piece of aluminum foil with ‘drug residue’ inside a container with the outward appearance of a sprinkler head, and other unnamed paraphernalia. Additionally, a magnetic box was discovered attached to the frame of the vehicle, which reportedly contained a digital scale with methamphetamine residue.
Detectives say the substances and materials recovered indicate that the group was engaged in the ‘street-level sale of narcotics’. All three were placed under arrest at the scene.
L-R: Brett Bosier, Kathryn Newmans, and Caleb Tucker. ⓒ Flagler County Sheriff’s Office
Bosier is charged with possession of fentanyl with intent to sell, possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, and possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $50,500. Prior charges of Bosier’s in Flagler County include aggravated domestic battery on a pregnant person, plus possession of fentanyl, methamphetamine, hydrocodone, and driving with a suspended license among others. He remains in the county jail as of Monday afternoon.
Tucker is charged with possession of fentanyl with intent to sell, possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, possession of drug paraphernalia, and evidence tampering. His bond was set at $20,500. Prior charges of Tucker’s in Flagler County include domestic battery with bodily harm, being a fugitive from justice, battery on a detained person, fentanyl trafficking, and possession of fentanyl, methamphetamine, marijuana, MDMA, suboxone, opium, methaqualone, and cathinones among others.
Newmans is charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, and evidence tampering. A fourth charge of battery on an officer was added after she allegedly punched a detention deputy taking her to her cell at the county jail. Her bond was set at $7,000. Newmans has no prior arrests in Flagler County before this latest incident.
“This was an excellent job by our PACE Unit getting these poison peddlers off the street and into the [county jail],” said Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly. “They left no stone unturned, finding drugs that these people thought they could hide in backpacks, a glasses case, a fake sprinkler head, even stuck to a magnet under the car. No trick fooled our deputies. Additionally, one of them decided to get feisty in jail and learned that if you batter a deputy sheriff, you’ll just get another felony charge.”
