Fentanyl trafficking suspect facing new perjury charge

Posted 3/21/24

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – A man already in the Clay County Jail after being charged with trafficking fentanyl now faces a new charge of lying to Judge Kristina K. Mobley during his bond hearing. Ronin …

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Fentanyl trafficking suspect facing new perjury charge

Ronin Ruby Velazquez

Posted Thursday, March 21, 2024 12:05 pm

GREEN COVE SPRINGS – A man already in the Clay County Jail after being charged with trafficking fentanyl now faces a new charge of lying to Judge Kristina K. Mobley during his bond hearing.

Ronin Ruby Velazquez, 25, of Gainesville, was charged with perjury after he told the court he didn’t have a valid passport during his bond hearing on March 12. He was arrested after he was spotted on March 11 by a Clay County Sheriff’s Office deputy saw him make a left turn from Blanding Boulevard, across three lanes from the far right lane onto Brannan Field Road. During the traffic stop. When Velazquez was stopped, the National Crime Information Center said his license was suspended. Velazquez was then arrested.

While taking an inventory of the Audi, deputies found a black backpack behind the driver’s seat containing plastic bags with what later tested to be fentanyl and a loaded handgun. They also found other plastic bags of cocaine under the driver’s seat and in the center console. He was charged with tracking fentanyl, possessing cocaine, displaying a firearm during the commission of a felony and driving with a suspended license.

Velazquez was ordered held without bond.