Man wearing 'I have drugs' T-shirt arrested for alleged possession of drugs

An unemployed 50-year-old Pennsylvania native living in Spring Hill, Balmer, Florida, entered a Kmart on Monday night wearing a black T-shirt that asked in large white letters: “Who needs drugs?” Beneath that, the shirt said in smaller white lettering: “No, seriously, I have drugs.”

According to a Pasco County Sheriff’s Office report, Balmer was waiting in a checkout line at the store when a deputy entered. When Balmer saw the deputy, he attempted to hand a plastic bag containing marijuana and methamphetamines to the person standing behind him, a sheriff’s report said.



When the person declined to receive the bag, Balmer walked to another cash register and placed it on the ground, the sheriff’s office said. Store workers told investigators where Balmer left the bag, and Balmer, who was released from the Land O’ Lakes Jail on Sunday after posting bail on a contempt of court charge, was arrested after paying for his items, the report said.

Balmer, who has been arrested in Pasco several times since 2006, was charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of marijuana. In 2002, he was sentenced to over a year of state prison time on charges of burglary and trafficking in stolen property, state corrections records show. Balmer was back in the Land O’ Lakes Jail on Tuesday with bail set at $2,150.