GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - A man is facing charges of child neglect and drug possession after Alachua County Sheriff’s deputies found fentanyl hidden in a child’s car seat.

According to the arrest report, John Bentley, 46, was the passenger of a car that was pulled over near a Chevron on Southwest Williston Road Friday night after failing to stop at a stop sign.

Deputies say they searched the car after Bentley began making erratic movements toward the back seat. He made several attempts to run away and resisted being handcuffed.

Authorities found a clear bag containing what could be more than 850 lethal doses of fentanyl hidden in the car seat where an infant passenger was sitting just before the search.

Bentley told law enforcement officials that he purchased the drugs earlier that da

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