Drug Charges Incidental to Social Media Stunts

Every seasoned pothead knows that the best way to avoid getting criminal charges for drugs is to keep your drug use safely concealed in the privacy of your home. As long as you smoke weed while sitting on the couch in your living room, or in the couch of your drug buddy’s living room, while watching old Scooby Doo cartoons or Harold and Kumar movies, you can’t go wrong. The police will not find out about your drug use, and indeed they do not have the right to find out, unless they have a search warrant, and a court will not issue a search warrant unless the police persuade them that there is probable cause to believe that a search of your house will yield specific evidence of a specific crime. If you get the police’s attention, even for reasons ostensibly unrelated to drugs, one thing can lead to another, and they can search your clothing pockets, backpack, or vehicle and find drugs. The most egregious examples involve people posting evidence of their drug activity online. If you are facing drug charges because of a video that you posted online or attempted to post, contact a Florida drug offenses attorney.

YouTuber Arrested on Drug Charges While Blocking Traffic

When one of the most persistent themes of today’s clickbait is that, before we know it, AI will replace almost all professions as we know them, it is understandable that so many young people think of social media influencer as a reliable profession unlikely to be rendered irrelevant by machines. More than once, content that people posted online has led to criminal charges. A young man in Broward County posted a video of himself rapping in front of his bathroom mirror, and police obtained a search warrant because they saw illegal drugs on a shelf in the background. Then there were the people who built their online personas around drugs, never mind that Muhammad_a_lean was a recording artist in addition to being a purveyor of purple drank and that OxyMonster was a competitive grower of facial hair in addition to selling opioid pills online.

Jack Doherty’s online persona centers around doing mildly amusing stunts, but when he decided to stand in the middle of a busy road in Miami-Dade County, the police were not amused. When the police told him to get out of the road, he refused to budge until he was finished filming his video. This eventually led to a search of the pockets of his clothing. The police found three cannabis cigarettes and one orange pill that tested positive for amphetamine. He is facing charges for drug possession and resisting an officer. If he is convicted of all his charges, he could face a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.

Contact FL Drug Defense Group About Drug Cases

A Central Florida criminal defense lawyer can help you if you are facing drug charges in connection with your online presence.  Contact FL Drug Defense Group in Orlando, Florida to discuss your case.

Sources:

complex.com/pop-culture/a/treyalston/jack-doherty-told-police-stop-recording-done-with-this-bet

justjared.com/2025/11/18/youtuber-jack-doherty-says-jail-was-boring-while-detailing-his-miami-arrest/