Traffic Stop in Homer Leads to Arrest of Camillus Man – Found With Crack Cocaine & Fentanyl

Just after midnight on Tuesday, May 6th, a traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle on South Main Street in the Village of Homer by an officer with the Homer Police Department. Homer Police say the reason for the stop was the driver failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection Clinton Street and North Main as well as for speeding on South Main Street.

Homer Police stopped the vehicle in the area of Albany Street on South Main within the village. It was during the stop that officers determined the driver, identified as 43 year old Shabazz Amar Davell of Camillus, was driving impaired. HPD says he was under the influence of marijuana. Officers arrested Amar Davell without incident as a result.

It was during his arrest though that police found both crack cocaine and fentanyl; they also found drug paraphernalia and a partially burnt cannabis cigarette inside the vehicle.

Amar Davell was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 3rd, a Felony, 2 Counts of Criminally Using Drug Paraphernalia in the 2nd, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th, and Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, all Misdemeanors. He also faces several traffic infractions.

He was taken to the Homer Police Department for processing and then transported to the Cortland County Jail for Centralized Arraignment. Assisting Homer Police were the Cortland County Sheriff’s Office and New York State Police.