Traffic stop/meth arrest: 8/18/22

Last night, deputies and detectives with the West Volusia Narcotics Task Force, VBI and Crime Suppression Teams arrested John Schneider (DOB 8/15/1973) after a traffic stop in DeLand where he attempted to drop a half pound of methamphetamine under a patrol vehicle. An additional gram of meth was found in Schneider's right sock. Detectives determined he had just purchased the half pound of meth outside Volusia County and was transporting it back to sell out of 836 Hamilton Ave., Orange City. Schneider was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, tampering with evidence and resisting without violence. His girlfriend Lee Sanberg (DOB 10/18/1972) was charged with conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. Their vehicle was seized. Schneider was being held on $511,000 bond and Sanberg on $500,000 bond as of this writing.