Bradenton Beach resident Scott Kilar, 37, will be on probation until February 2026 for possessing cocaine and drug paraphernalia.
But a conviction will not appear on his record.
Kilar was arrested March 12 after a Holmes Beach police officer saw him driving a vehicle with defective headlights and conducted a traffic stop.
The officer confirmed Kilar’s identity, found an active arrest warrant for the man and called for backup.
When police searched Kilar’s vehicle, they found syringes, a scale and a plastic bag containing white rocks that field-tested positive for cocaine and fentanyl.
Kilar was charged with a third-degree felony for possession of cocaine, a Schedule II narcotic, and four first-degree misdemeanors for possession of drug paraphernalia.
The state attorney’s office dropped three of the four first-degree misdemeanors in April and by an Aug. 22 court hearing Kilar had pleaded no contest to the remaining charges.
Judge Frederick Mercurio of the 12th Circuit Court ruled Aug. 22 to withhold adjudication — which allows a sentence to be imposed without a formal criminal conviction — against Kilar for the charges.
For the felony, Kilar was sentenced to complete 18 months of drug offender probation, substance abuse evaluation and treatment, as well as 50 hours of public service work.
He also was placed on curfew 10 p.m.-6 a.m. over the course of the probationary period.
For the misdemeanor charge, Kilar was sentenced to complete 12 months of probation concurrently with the 18-month probation sentence.