BELLEVIEW, Fla. – A man is facing four new felonies after cops caught him “passed out in the driver seat of his truck,” and then had a word with his wife. He arrived at this point after dozens of convictions dating back to the 1980s.
The call was about “a suspicious person” at a gas station in Florida on the morning of Feb. 3.
UPDATE: On March 4, prosecutors dropped all of the new charges except possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug equipment. “The state is only proceeding on the charges involving methamphetamine,” they wrote.
The first officer at the scene reported finding “the defendant, Malik Mustafa-Jabreel Al-Ameen” inside the truck, passed out.
“[The officer] entered the truck to assist the defendant, medically,” the arrest report said. “After assisting the defendant out of the truck, [the officer] located a pipe in a cup holder, laying in plain view. [The officer] removed the pipe from the truck.
“The defendant was treated by medics and was cleared medically by Marion County Fire Rescue.”
Then came the questions and reportedly wrong answers.
“I asked the defendant what the pipe was used for,” a deputy wrote, “and he informed me it is used to smoke marijuana. When asked if he had a medical marijuana card, the defendant said no.”
Al-Ameen was arrested, authorities searched his truck, and they learned there was no marijuana, but another drug that starts with M, and a lot of it.
“We located a small bag of white crystal-like substance on the driver’s seat,” the report said. “Upon field-testing, it tested positive for methamphetamine. I also field-tested the pipe, which also tested positive for methamphetamine. There was also white crystal-like substance on the driver floorboard. Upon field testing, it came back as methamphetamine.”
They also reported finding two blood glucose strip containers. One had a brown oval pill identified as the prescription drug Tadalafil. The brand name is Cialis.
The other had “a small bag containing a white rock-like substance” that was cocaine. Plus, there was a “prescription bottle containing a small baggie of white crystal-like rocks” that was methamphetamine.
Besides drugs, “I located a silver Beretta 3032 Tomcat-32 auto handgun bearing [serial number],” the deputy continued, “in the passenger upper glove compartment that was un-holstered and had a loaded magazine with no round in the chamber. The firearm was within arm’s reach of the defendant, and readily accessible to the defendant. The firearm was positioned in the glove box with the grip facing outward.”
Authorities heard two stories about how the gun got there.
“When asked about my findings,” the deputy reported, “the defendant informed me that he gave someone a ride, and they must have left stuff. When asked about the firearm, he said the person he gave a ride to, two days ago, left it on the seat and he ‘picked it up and put it in his glove box, and was going to throw it away.’
“I later made contact with the defendant’s wife [name] and she advised she had left her prescription medications [while] getting back from a long vacation,” late the night before. “She also advised that the firearm belongs to her, and described the firearm while speaking to her on the phone.
“Due to the phone conversation with the defendant’s wife, it proves the defendant’s story was untruthful, and [he] had prior knowledge of the firearm and its readily accessibility.”
Then, things got worse.
“With the nature of the situation, we ran a criminal background check on the defendant which came back with two past felony convictions” in Palm Beach County, the arrest report said.
There were actually many, but officers learned Al-Ameen was convicted of felony grand theft in Delray Beach in 1985, and grand theft of a motor vehicle in Boynton Beach in 1988. In addition, he was on federal probation for possession of cocaine.
Back in 2019, a judge sentenced Al-Ameen to 20 months in federal prison for a different crime – theft of government funds – and ordered him to pay $77,178 in restitution. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said he stole from Social Security “by submitting false documents regarding his eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits.
“Al-Ameen had falsely claimed that he was single and owned no properties when, in fact, he was married and owned a rental property in West Palm Beach.
“Al-Ameen has more than 60 criminal state convictions in Florida, spanning 40 years, many of which involve fraud or stealing. This is his first federal conviction.”
He’s facing state drug charges from 2023 after a cop pulled him over because the tinted windows on the car he was driving were too dark.
He reportedly gave the officer permission to search, and the arrest report said
the officer found a bag with “multiple different substances inside, along with two red cut straws which had white residue inside, and also a razor blade at the bottom of the black bag which I believe was used to cut the substances down into a powder form.”
The search continued after Al-Ameen was arrested, and the report said he told the officer “he did not have the black bag,” “the vehicle did not belong to him, and that he didn’t check the vehicle before driving it.”
Then, on the way to jail, “Al-Ameen slumped over in the rear seat of my patrol vehicle,” the officer wrote. “I then began calling Abdul Al-Ameen multiple times, and he was not responsive, and later began to mumble. I was not able to make out what Abdul Al-Ameen was saying. I then advised dispatch to have EMS respond, due to Abdul Al-Ameen[‘s] behavior.
“It should be noted that during the entire traffic stop, Abdul Al-Ameen appeared to be fine and was able to comprehend what was happening. It is believed at some point and time, Abdul Al-Ameen could have ingested a drug. I asked Abdul Al-Ameen multiple times if he ingested a drug. Abdul Al-Ameen responded back and advised that he did not.”
He went to the hospital and then jail, and ended up charged with possession of fentanyl, possession of MDPV, possession of crack cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Order to Revoke Al-Ameen’s Bond, Feb. 5, 2025 by Lenny Cohen on Scribd
Al-Ameen’s bond in this case, going on almost two years, was revoked after his arrest earlier this month.
Al-Ameen is considered a habitual offender when it comes to driving with a suspended license.
An arrest report after he was pulled over in 2017 said his license had been suspended “for refusal to submit to lawful test of breath, urine, or blood,” and it listed 11 times the state suspended or revoked his license. Of those 11 instances, his license was revoked for three times for five years, and five times indefinitely.
Nolle Prosequi, June 19, 2015 by Lenny Cohen on Scribd
A similar story in 2015 ended differently. Prosecutors had the case four months before deciding, simply, “The likelihood of conviction on this count is slight due to other legal issues.”
Al-Ameen, who had been known as Jerry D. Bartee, was sentenced to prison numerous times, starting in 1985, for a variety of crimes he committed in Palm Beach County.
Al-Ameen’s prison sentences & incarceration history as of Jan. 31, 2002 by Lenny Cohen on Scribd
He was sent to state prison eight times and served terms ranging from a few months to a few years. His latest release was in 2002, after more than three years.
As for trouble with the feds, local authorities held him for U.S. Marshals for more than five months in 2019, and the Bureau of Prisons reported he had been out of custody since Oct. 9, 2020.
For his latest run-in, Al-Ameen was charged with possession of a weapon by a felon, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a harmful new drug, possession of cocaine, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, and possession of drug equipment.
Plus, his bond was revoked for possession of fentanyl, possession of MDPV, possession of crack cocaine, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Al-Ameen, 62, has been in jail since Feb. 3 and his arraignment is scheduled for March 11.