Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested a man in Milton on Monday after he was allegedly found in possession of methamphetamine, ecstasy and marijuana.

In dramatic fashion Tuesday, Santa Rosa County Sheriff Bob Johnson announced the man's arrest by unraveling a scroll made from 43 pieces of paper taped together end-to-end.

"This is his criminal history," Johnson said as he unraveled the scroll.

Travis Montes Mitchell, 33, of Pensacola was charged with two counts of drug trafficking, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and marijuana possession.

"That is not a huge amount of drugs, but our CID — our Criminal Interdiction Unit — is not here just for drugs. They are getting bad guys off the street," Johnson said. "And this is one bad guy.”

He explained that if a person were to print out Mitchell’s rap sheet, it would be 43 pages long. According to Johnson, Mitchell is a 14-time convicted felon.

“That right there is 43 pages. That’s 43 pages and he is 33 years old,” Johnson said. “So that will tell you what type of guys they are getting off the street when they arrest people.”

Mitchell was a passenger in a pickup truck that was pulled over by members of the SRSO criminal interdiction unit for illegal tinted windows and the vehicle’s failure to maintain a single lane of travel.

A K-9 alerted deputies to the presences of drugs, Johnson said.

Mitchell was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail at 2:31 p.m. Monday with a $23,3500 bond. County records indicated that as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, Mitchell remained in custody.

Colin Warren-Hicks can be reached at colinwarrenhicks@pnj.com or 850-435-8680.