Sumter County sheriff’s deputies arrested a convicted felon with a stun gun tucked in the door pocket of a Lexus.
Tristan Michael Douglas Berry, 29, of Leesburg, was driving the white Lexus ES shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday in Center Hill when a deputy ran the license plate and discovered it had been assigned to another vehicle, according to an arrest report. During a traffic stop, Berry admitted the vehicle wasn’t properly registered and claimed it had recently been “purchased by his friend.”
Deputies searched the Lexus and found a purple S&D Leopard Taser in the driver’s side door pocket. As a convicted felon, Berry is not permitted to possess such a weapon.
He was arrested on a felony charge of possession of a weapon. He was booked at the Sumter County Detention Center on $5,000 bond.
