A 51-year-old man was arrested after he reportedly attempted to steal money Sunday morning from a fountain at Spanish Springs.

A Lady Lake police officer was investigating a report of a suspicious person at about 10 a.m. when he spotted Robert H. Kalmus of Summerfield whose hands were full of wet change taken from the fountain at Main Street and Paige Place in front of Citizens First Bank. The Villages declined prosecution, but as the officer was directing Kalmus to put the change back in the fountain, a methamphetamine pipe fell from Kalmus’ pocket. Kalmus then tried to stomp on the pipe to destroy the evidence, according to the arrest report.

Kalmus was arrested on charges of methamphetamine possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest. He was booked on $12,000 bond at the Lake County Jail.

On Oct. 20, 2013 while Kalmus was living on Aloha Way on the Historic Side of The Villages, he had been arrested on a charge of driving while his license was revoked. He was sentenced to five days in jail in that case.