Wednesday July 2nd, 2025 2:29AM

Drug distribution charges filed after traffic stop

By by Ken Stanford
GAINESVILLE - Drug distribution charges have been filed against a Gainesville man following a routine traffic stop. <br> <br> Lt. Gary Entrekin of the Gainesville Police Department says the charges involve 12 pieces of crack cocaine found in a car driven by 34-year-old Eric Lamont Childers.<br> <br> Lt. Entrekin says the officers found the crack in a &#34;small pill bottle&#34; under the driver&#39;s seat of the car after Childers consented to a search of the vehicle. Entrekin says the officers asked to search the car because Childers was &#34;acting suspicious.&#34;<br> <br> The arrest was made about midnight Monday on Dorsey Street.<br> <br> <br>
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