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Deputy B. Dibernardino conducted a traffic stop in the City of Clewiston for excessive speed.
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CLEWISTON — In the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Hendry County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Deputy B. Dibernardino conducted a traffic stop that resulted in the arrest of a Miami man.
Deputy B. Dibernardino conducted a traffic stop in the City of Clewiston for excessive speed. Upon making contact with the driver, the deputy immediately detected a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. The driver, later identified as 21-year-old Sonny Johnson Hill, of Miami, appeared nervous and was observed by deputies on scene to be constantly moving in the vehicle.
Hill was detained at the time and a search of the vehicle was conducted. Deputies located approximately 45 grams of cocaine, several smaller baggies of cocaine that appeared to be packaged for sale, marijuana, 102 xanex pills and items identified as drug paraphernalia.
Hill was placed under arrest and transported to the Hendry County Jail. Hill is charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession of controlled substance without a prescription, possession of cocaine with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia. Hill is currently being held on $105,000 bond.
