Brevard County Man ‘Methed Up’ in Merritt Island, Charged With Possession of Meth
By Wayne Ivey, Brevard Sheriff // May 17, 2024
Message from Sheriff Wayne Ivey
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – In today’s episode of “Methed Up” we discuss once again that if you do meth and run from the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office you will end up exactly like this.
Apparently, David Helms didn’t get the memo though so he “Methed Up” and learned pretty quick what happens when you have drugs on you and try to run from Deputies in Brevard County.
Helms, who by the way could play John Goodman’s stunt double in the movie “John Goodman Goes Back To High School,” fell asleep at the wheel of his truck while sitting at the gas pumps at the Merritt Island 7-11 for about an hour, so the store clerk called to report the suspicious activity.
After the store clerk called the Sheriff’s Office, Deputies Alec Brannon and Matthew McCarley arrived on scene and made contact with Helms who exited the vehicle and took off running on foot.
While I’m pretty sure even “Junny” could have ran him down, Deputies Brannon and McCarly ran him down themselves and tackled him for fleeing from the traffic stop.
Of course, the real reason Helms was running was because he had a bag of meth and a glass pipe in his pocket and knew that he was just seconds away from taking the ride to jail.
My favorite part of this story though is that once he was in cuffs, Helm started screaming and whining like a little baby and continued to be non-compliant, so he got handcuffed to the stretcher and transported to Cape Canaveral Hospital where he was medically cleared for priority check-in at Ivey’s Iron Bar Lodge.
Helms subsequently got booked into the Brevard County Jail on a total bond of $4,000 for Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Resisting Arrest Without Violence.
Of course Helms also got a free “I Messed Around And Found Out In Brevard County” T-Shirt so he can show all his friends that he “Methed Up!”
Remember folks…if you do drugs in Brevard County you are going to jail and if you run from our Deputies you are getting run down, tackled, and then cuffed and stuffed!
Sheriff Wayne Ivey
