Andrew Gillum‘s authorized troubles simply escalated … the Democrat who narrowly misplaced to Ron DeSantis within the 2018 Florida governor’s race has now been formally charged following his Alabama arrest.
Newly filed court docket information present he is dealing with one felony and two misdemeanor counts.
Based on the felony grievance, obtained by TMZ, Gillum is charged with felony possession of a managed substance — particularly methamphetamine — together with misdemeanor possession of marijuana for private use and possession of drug paraphernalia. Prosecutors allege the offenses occurred July 2 in Baldwin County, Alabama.
As TMZ beforehand reported, Gillum was arrested final week on U.S. Freeway 98 close to Walmart Drive in Daphne, the place cops say they discovered 3 grams of methamphetamine, 8 pre-rolled marijuana joints, 4 reduce straws, 3 pipes and a bong after pulling him over for allegedly driving erratically.
Relating to the 2018 Florida governor’s race, Gillum gained the Democratic main after which went up towards DeSantis, the GOP nominee, who in the end beat Gillum within the basic election, however solely by about 30K votes. Previous to the race, Gillum was the mayor of Tallahassee from 2014 to 2018.
