Man on drug offender probation arrested with drugs and ammunition

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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  • Well, maybe just extend his probation for another 10 years. Seriously, with multiple VOP, why was he not put back behind bars? It is the fault of the state that he was able to be out to commit these crimes.

  • Instead of having a gate that closes at the jail they should just install a revolving door.
    It would be far more efficient and the convicts would be less likely to injure someone else once released.

  • Yall don’t know this man so don’t speak on his character when you don’t know about. And if you never been in the justice system before it’s designed to keep you in it and to keep down where it’s nearly impossible to get back into normal society it took me ten years of not getting pulled over for the police to finally not go straight to searching and basically finding something to charge me with. Look I don’t care who you are everyone breaks the law it’s who you know and who you are the makes your sentence. The rich get away with murder while then poorer class is thrown under the jail for smoking a little dope that ain’t hurting anyone. I hope the justice system doesn’t screw him over to much like I’ve and so many others have been in the past.

    • J Hop, spoken like a true convict. The victim mentality pervasive in our criminal justice system is on full display with your statements. It’s everybody else’s fault but yours. Just because YOU commit felonies does NOT mean everyone else does. Give it a rest. Accept responsibility for your own actions and stop committing felonies.

      • Could not agree more. Talton put himself in the position that he is in and exaggerated by being stupid and running a stop sign. I wonder if he was in one of Alachua’s infamous drug hoods getting his fix.

    • To the average, law abiding citizen, it looks like Talton is keeping himself in the system by:
      1) Running a stop sign.
      2) Having meth and non-prescribed prescription drugs in his possession.
      3) Having ammo on him, which he’s not allowed to have.

      In other words, by being a convicted felon who knowingly violates his probation by committing more crimes. It’s so not fair, right?

      If the police searched my home and my car at any time, they wouldn’t be able to “find something to charge me with.” Because I’m not committing crimes. It’s not that hard.

      And, respectfully, congratulations to you for getting your life together. You did that by making good decisions which is something only you are responsible for.

  • Police officers are endangering their lives just to feed Scummy public Lawyers with law skool debts. LEOs nationwide should all go on strike until repeat offenders are no longer groomed by the courts, and stay in prison forever — or sent on planes with illegal migrants to Haiti, etc.
    Quote: “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”

    ACLUSPLCDNC 💩🤡👺👿👹

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