Unreadable motorcycle tag triggers trafficking meth arrest 

MIDDLEBURG – A traffic stop for an unreadable motorcycle tag led to the eventual arrest of a man for armed trafficking of methamphetamine on Tuesday, Dec. 2. 

Robert Erston McCullar, 50, of Middleburg, was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and fentanyl with intent to sell and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon when he was stopped on Alligator Boulevard after a Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputy noticed his tag was tucked under the rear tail fender. 

After searching McCullar rendered negative results, the deputy opened a black bag on the back of his motorcycle. A pink plastic bag fell out, and it contained several clear plastic baggies, a scale, another bag with clear baggies with rock-like substances, another small pink zip lock bag with folded aluminum foil pieces and four pills. 

The rock-like substances tested positive for methamphetamine, weighing 15.4 grams. The aluminum foil was packed with a total of 3.1 grams of fentanyl and the pills were identified as Hydromorphone. 

Before he was placed in a CCSO squad car, deputies discovered a handgun on the ground where he was standing. 

His bond was set at $450,009. 

Woman charged with striking old boyfriend’s new girlfriend 

ORANGE PARK – A former girlfriend was charged with striking a man’s new girlfriend while robbing him, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said. 

Lexis Dawn Beitler, 21, of Jacksonville, was charged with assault and battery during a burglary, after CCSO said she was caught hiding between a lawn mower and a boat on Saturday, Dec. 6, one street away from where a woman suffered a bump on her forehead while she and her boyfriend were being robbed. 

Beitler was arrested, and her bond was set at $75,003.