Ran from traffic stop, backpack had drugs, gun

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Jeremiah Lee Merriweather, 34, of Starke, was sentenced to 18 months’ drug offender probation after pleading to tampering with evidence during a criminal proceeding. According to an arrest report, on March 10, the defendant was a passenger in a black Hyundai that made an illegal left turn at the corner of…