Man on drug offender probation arrested on drug trafficking charges
Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jarvis Antonio Bailey, 33, was arrested late last night on multiple felony charges related to drug trafficking; he is on drug offender probation and was released from state prison in June after serving a three-year sentence on drug trafficking charges.
At about 11:37 p.m. on November 4, a Gainesville Police Department officer reported that he saw Bailey sitting in his vehicle outside Dee’s Liquor (1030 SE 4th Avenue); the officer reported that as he watched for about 20 minutes, Bailey appeared to make several hand-to-hand transactions. He was parked close to Pace Center, which acts as a school; Cuddly Kids Academy, a preschool; and Dee’s Liquor, a convenience store.
As Bailey drove away, he allegedly ran a stop sign, and as the officer followed, Bailey allegedly started driving recklessly, running several stop signs and turning right on red several times without stopping. The officer reportedly caught up after Bailey crashed his vehicle into a tree in the 400 block of E. University Avenue.
The officer reported seeing plastic bags and a digital scale in plain view and noted the smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle.
Post Miranda, Bailey reportedly admitted he had cocaine and marijuana inside the vehicle and showed the officer where to find those substances. He reportedly admitted that all of the drugs belonged to him.
Based on that probable cause, a search of the vehicle reportedly produced “hundreds” of plastic baggies in various sizes, about 13.1 grams of crack cocaine, about 25.6 grams of powdered cocaine, 54 Oxycodone pills (about 21.2 grams), about 2 grams of substituted cathinone, prescription medical marijuana containers (containing about 6 grams of marijuana) that were not prescribed to Bailey, and multiple mason jars full of marijuana, for a total of about 298 grams of marijuana.
The search also reportedly produced a digital scale and $4,844 in cash in various denominations and in various locations in the car, which, the officer noted, is “consistent with narcotic sales.”
Bailey has been charged with three counts of selling a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a convenience store, school, or daycare; trafficking in cocaine; trafficking in Oxycodone; maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of trafficking drugs; and reckless driving. He has four felony convictions (none violent) and five misdemeanor convictions (none violent). He has served one state prison sentence and was released in June; he is on drug offender probation in that case. Judge Susan Miller-Jones ordered him held without bail for violating probation and set bail at $295,000 on the new charges.
Articles about arrests are based on reports from law enforcement agencies. The charges listed are taken from the arrest report and/or court records and are only accusations. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
He almost made it to 6 months. He can kiss that opportunity goodbye. Next attempt will be for ambassador of SE 4TH Ave.
Grandma and Mama Bailey must be proud of the worthless child they raised.
Drug dealers should have to serve all of their time, no probation, and the penalties need to be much harsher. They are rotting our society from the inside out.
Can’t fix those who don’t want to be fixed.
Maybe some of these types need fixing. If they choose to do business trafficking in drugs, they shouldn’t have any business procreating.
You know he probably has about 9x by now. And we’re paying for all of them…
It would be nice after an election if people would look at their leaders elected and unelected.
As usual Oprah and Obama came out demonizing the other side.
All show, a Billionaire and Multimillionaire from Chicago. And what have they done in their town to better it nothing. Here in Gainesville especially the Eastside look at your leaders what has improved nothing except the leaders lives. My point is incidents like this involving Mr. Bailey shouldn’t be happening if your leaders really cared. Instead they walk around and pat themselves on the back blaming others for the problems in the area. As Long as you have bail bonds as part of your leadership things will remain the same. 😔
Bail bondsman
Let’s talk about drug offender probation. This guy doesn’t have a “drug problem.” He has a “drug dealing” problem. Drug offender probation is a joke. It generates fees (probation costs, court costs, restitution costs, mandatory drug counseling, mandatory drug class attendance, drug testing.) Put this POS in prison and leave him there. If you add up all the costs to find him, arrest him, hold him/house him locally, prosecute him, pay jurors, etc. it’d be just as easy to give him a big boy cell and throw away the key. Better yet, bring back the chain gangs or even do what Marion Co Sheriff does with the ag program. Make em work those fields and provide their own food. This candy a$$ way of handling these problem children needs to get stiff on these sentences and put em away.