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Man Caught Sleeping With Gun, Heroin Outside Coconut Creek Police Station

by Kevin Deutsch March 20, 2022

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Man Caught Sleeping With Gun, Heroin Outside Coconut Creek Police Station

Austin Tyciak

By Kevin Deutsch

A man was arrested on drug and gun charges after police caught him sleeping in a U-haul truck parked directly in front of the Coconut Creek Police Department, court records show.

An officer woke Austin Tyciak, 30, of Coconut Creek, as he lay sleeping face down on the driver’s seat of the Chevy pickup on Feb. 28, according to an arrest affidavit. He spotted a firearm in Tyciak’s waistband, a Smith and Wesson M&P 40 Shield, for which Tyciak did not have a permit, records show.

A check of Tyciak’s criminal history revealed he was a two-time convicted felon in Florida, police said.

When the officer frisked Tyciak, he discovered capsuled heroin and Xanax pills, records show.

Tyciak was arrested on charges of carrying a concealed firearm, possession of heroin, possession of alprazolam, and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

According to court records, he was booked into the Broward Main Jail and released on a $3,000 bond.

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Kevin Deutsch

Kevin Deutsch is an award-winning journalist and author of two nonfiction books. He covers general assignment news and Jewish community issues for Talk Media. He has also worked as a staff writer at The Miami Times, the Rio Grande SUN, the New York Daily News, Newsday, The Miami Herald, The Palm Beach Post, The Riverdale Press, and Bronx Justice News.