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Driver to trooper: Let me go and I'll get us more meth By Tribune News Service Posted Apr 30, 2018 at 2:30 PM A man was arrested Sunday after asking a Florida Highway Patrol trooper if he could run away from the scene of a crash, saying he could get the trooper more meth than he had found in his car. Scott Ecklund, 32, was arrested on charges of methamphetamine possession and driving with a suspended license. He was arrested earlier this month and accused of crashing a Chevrolet truck into a house in Winter Park and claiming to be an FBI agent with an AR-style rifle, police said at the time. On Sunday afternoon, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper got to the scene of a crash at World Center Drive and South Apopka Vineland Road, records show. Ecklund had crashed a blue Chevrolet Impala into another vehicle, records show. FHP Trooper Glaudson Curado wrote in his arrest report that he searched Ecklund's car and found meth and a small scale, records show. Ecklund talked nonstop, Curado wrote. "Mr. Ecklund was making no sense during our conversation," Curado wrote. "... He was asking me to let he (sic) run away, that he could get me much more illegal substance that I had found with him today." Ecklund is being held in the Orange County Jail. Most Popular Suspects sought in Shady Cove deer attacks Apr 28 at 6:12 PM Jackson County sees startling spike in opioid overdose deaths Apr 28 at 4:24 PM Spring Gold: Tips on finding morel mushrooms from people who know Apr 29 at 2:00 AM Apple Jam is toast in Jackson County Apr 26 at 7:17 AM Two arrested, toddler removed from suspected drug RV Apr 27 at 5:55 PM Nathan "Nate" Allen Joling Apr 27 at 10:12 AM Ashland native Weatherby is NHL prospect after big year Apr 25 at 5:57 PM Airfare wars mean cheap tickets to Seattle, LA Apr 28 at 2:01 AM Students show off their techno-smarts Apr 26 at 6:09 PM Davis tops in lawyers' poll for circuit judge Apr 27 at 5:45 PM 3-alarm fire destroys one Medford home, damages another Apr 26 at 7:25 AM Asante wins Level II trauma status Apr 30 at 2:01 AM © Copyright 2006-2018 Rosebud Media LLC. All rights reserved. Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. MailTribune.com ~ P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501