Police arrest father on cannabis, child neglect

PANAMA CITY BEACH -- Police have arrested an Ebro man who allegedly left his 2-month-old child unattended in a buggie to sell a baggie of cannabis.

Police said Terandell Curlee Coleman, 28, approached two officers in a parked, unmarked patrol car Wednesday near Pier Park to sell about $25 in cannabis. Coleman, of Ebro, had been pushing his 2-month-old son in a stroller around Pier Park shortly before, police reported.

After the officers haggled the price, Coleman left the infant unattended in a parking lot about 20 feet away while he leaned into the police car and presented the cannabis to the officers, according to police reports.

Coleman was then arrested and charged with possession of cannabis with the intent to distribute and child neglect. The Department of Children and Families turned the child over to his mother. Coleman was taken to Bay County Jail.