{"id":400445,"date":"2026-09-15T13:22:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400445\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:22:28","slug":"new-york-man-accused-of-trafficking-meth-after-fort-lauderdale-traffic-stop-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400445\/","title":{"rendered":"New York man accused of trafficking meth after Fort Lauderdale traffic stop"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Fort Lauderdale traffic stop led to the arrest of a New York man accused of possessing more than 19 grams of meth, cocaine, cash and a forged Florida driver’s license.<\/p>\n

46-year-old Charles Wilson Pastore of Brooklyn was arrested September 3 after a traffic stop near SW 20th Avenue and SW 15th Avenue, according to Fort Lauderdale Police<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A K9 subsequently alerted to the presence of narcotics inside his white Mercedes-Benz. A subsequent search allegedly uncovered a black cylinder in the spare-tire compartment containing 16.82 grams of methamphetamine and 1.72 grams of crack cocaine.<\/p>\n

Investigators also searched Pastore and allegedly found another 1.11 grams of methamphetamine, 1.82 grams of crack cocaine and $3,600.75 in cash in his possession.<\/p>\n

See also: Two killed, impairment suspected in high-speed Boynton Beach rollover crash<\/a><\/p>\n

Inside a backpack in the back seat, officers found a digital scale with white powder residue and $3,515 in cash, according to the affidavit. The backpack also contained a loaded .380-caliber semi-automatic handgun with an altered or shaved serial number and a round in the chamber.<\/p>\n

Police say multiple cellphones, the drugs, cash, firearm and digital scale led investigators to believe Pastore and the driver were working together to traffic and distribute narcotics.<\/p>\n

Pastore also allegedly had a Florida driver’s license that investigators determined was not valid.<\/p>\n

Pastore faces charges including methamphetamine trafficking, possession of methamphetamine, possession of cocaine, possession of a forged driver’s license or identification card and possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Fort Lauderdale traffic stop led to the arrest of a New York…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-400445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400445","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=400445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}