Former Pasco detention deputy Rodney Philon, who was sentenced last year to probation with six months of home detention for distributing steroids, was arrested late Wednesday and charged with driving under the influence.
Philon, 39, was arrested 11:59 p.m. Wednesday at Brandon Boulevard and Mount Carmel Road, according to the Hillsborough County Jail Web site.
He was released from jail on $500 bail.
Philon pleaded guilty in June 2008 to a charge of possession of steroids with intent to distribute. He was arrested at the same time as then-Pasco Deputy Don Riggans, who was charged in a separate scheme to distribute hundreds of thousands of tablets of prescription pain medication.
A federal prosecutor said at Philon's sentencing hearing last year that Philon contemplated getting involved in the pain medication scheme but was cut out by the other conspirators "to his benefit."
After Philon's sentencing hearing, Riggans and another conspirator, Kevin Massimino Jr., pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges. Another man who was arrested with Riggans, Robert Caddick, pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to possess hydrocodone with intent to distribute.
Both Riggans and Philon were arrested in March 2008 - Philon after a five-hour standoff with SWAT members at his home.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bucklew said last year that she had concerns about Philon's reaction to the arrest. Philon told the judge he didn't know why agents had come to his house and that he surrendered as soon as he realized what it was about.
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