On Friday, HCSO Criminal Warrants Unit detectives initiated a traffic stop for a wanted fugitive near the 300 block of Highway 153.

Alec Mills was arrested for the third time this year, and a search of his vehicle revealed several items related to drug usage, including: one gram of fentanyl, a metal pipe with narcotics residue, used needles, and tin foil strips with fentanyl residue.

Mills faces multiple traffic violations and charges of Aggravated Child Abuse, Evading Arrest, Drugs for Resale, Possession Schedule II Narcotics, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

This information is preliminary and subject to change.