{"id":366467,"date":"2026-08-08T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366467\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:30:08","slug":"judge-revokes-bond-for-former-tallahassee-mayor-andrew-gillum-after-he-failed-a-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/366467\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge revokes bond for former Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum after he failed a drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">BALDWIN COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) &#8211; Former Tallahassee mayor and one-time Democratic Nominee for Florida Governor Andrew Gillum is back in an Alabama jail. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to Baldwin County jail records, Gillum was booked on Aug. 6. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Court documents obtained show Gillum was taken into custody after failing a drug test in court on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Andrew Gillum arrested in Alabama\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/P6DHR5XWT5GIDEOY63EZFEAMXU.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Andrew Gillum arrested in Alabama(Baldwin County, AL Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Documents show Gillum missed a drug screening before his court appearance where he tested positive for methamphetamine. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This comes a nearly a month after he was arrested in Daphne, Alabama<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/07\/07\/andrew-gillum-arrested-alabama-drug-possession\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/07\/07\/andrew-gillum-arrested-alabama-drug-possession\/\"> on drug charges. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">On July 2, Gillum was stopped by Daphne police for erratic driving. Officers reportedly found a glass pipe, rolled marijuana cigarettes and three packs of a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine in the car. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Baldwin County Jail roster showed he was released on July 3. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Court records show Gillum\u2019s bond was revoked following the failed drug test on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This is not Gillum\u2019s first brush with the law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In 2022, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2022\/06\/22\/former-tallahassee-mayor-andrew-gillum-indicted\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2022\/06\/22\/former-tallahassee-mayor-andrew-gillum-indicted\/\" target=\"_blank\">was indicted on multiple federal charges connected to campaign contribution fraud before and during his 2018 run for governor of Florida<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2023\/05\/04\/gillum-not-guilty-lying-fbi-jury-deadlocked-all-other-charges\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2023\/05\/04\/gillum-not-guilty-lying-fbi-jury-deadlocked-all-other-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\">he was found not guilty of lying to the FBI, and the remaining 18 charges against him were ultimately dropped<\/a> after jurors deadlocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Gillum served as Tallahassee mayor from 2014 to 2018. He was also the Democratic challenger to Ron DeSantis during the 2018 General Election. He nearly won that election, obtaining 49.2% of the vote compared to the governor\u2019s 49.6%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">To keep up with the latest news as it develops, follow WCTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WCTV.tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wctvnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WCTVEyewitnessNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nextdoor<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nextdoor.com\/page\/wctv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Have a news tip or see an error? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/2026\/08\/08\/judge-revokes-bond-former-tallahassee-mayor-andrew-gillum-after-he-failed-drug-test\/mailto:news@wctv.tv?subject=Correction%20Needed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Write to us here<\/a>. 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(WCTV) &#8211; Former Tallahassee mayor and one-time Democratic Nominee for Florida Governor Andrew Gillum is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[59493,136924,148648,14862,25273,148647,148646,148649,136940,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-366467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-andrew-gillum","tag-baldwin-county","tag-daphne-alabama","tag-drug-charges","tag-drug-test","tag-former-mayor-arrested","tag-former-tallahassee-mayor","tag-former-tallahassee-mayor-in-alabama-jail","tag-gillum","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}