Holmes Beach resident Sean Dugan, 33, is on probation through April 2026 following a ruling on two criminal charges he was facing for drug possession.
Dugan was arrested Dec. 8, 2023, after a Holmes Beach police officer found him around 1:30 a.m. inside a parked vehicle near the beach access on 30th Street.
The officer smelled the odor of burnt marijuana from inside the vehicle, so he asked if Dugan had a medical marijuana license.
While he did not have a license, Dugan handed over a container of 1.1 grams of marijuana and said it was his.
The officer searched Dugan and found a baggie containing 0.3 grams of cocaine, as well as a white powder-like substance “smeared” into the floorboard of the driver’s seat.
Dugan was arrested and charged with a third-degree felony for possession of cocaine and a first-degree misdemeanor for possessing less than 20 grams of marijuana.
He pleaded no contest to both charges in April, when Judge Stephen Whyte of the 12th Circuit Court ruled to withhold adjudication against Dugan for the two charges.
Withholding adjudication allows a sentence to be imposed without a formal criminal conviction.
Whyte sentenced Dugan to complete 24 months of supervised probation for both charges, to be served concurrently, as well as 100 hours of public service.
He also must complete a substance abuse and mental health evaluation, attend an Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous meeting per week and adhere to a 10 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew.