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The Okaloosa County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office says David Blackmon called to report a theft from his vehicle. Deputies responded, and Blackmon, 32, who allegedly gave his occupation as “drug dealer,” explained that someone had entered his parked car and taken $50 in cash and about a quarter ounce of cocaine. The deputy, however, was able to find the cocaine right where Blackmon said he left it, on the center console; he also found a suspected crack rock, and a crack pipe, but didn’t find the cash. The report said Blackmon asked why the deputies let him keep talking if they’d spotted his cocaine. He also allegedly refused to follow commands as deputies arrested him. He was charged with possession of cocaine, resisting arrest without violence, and possession of drug paraphernalia. (MS/Northwest Florida Daily News) ...Blackmon was searched at the jail, but jailers didn’t find his brain.