Florida - Stab Victim's Secret Stash Was Stumbled Upon During Surgery

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A Florida Man who cops believe was stabbed in a drug dispute was in surgery when a nurse discovered a glass crack pipe, a lighter, and tin foil containing cocaine in his rectum, according to court records.

The surprising find occurred earlier this month at St. Petersburg’s Bayfront Hospital, where Michael O’Neill, 43, had been transported for a knife wound.

“While in surgery a RN located” the stashed items, an arrest affidavit states.

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After being hospitalized for his injuries, O’Neill, pictured at right, was booked into jail Friday night for cocaine possession, a felony, and possession of drug paraphernalia, a misdemeanor.

O’Neill was released yesterday from custody after posting $5500 bond. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Over the last few years, O’Neill has been convicted of DUI and numerous drug-related counts, including possession of cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl, and narcotics paraphernalia.

O’Neill pleaded guilty last year to drug possession after a jail strip search turned up two baggies containing fentanyl and crack rocks hidden in “his buttocks area.”

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According to the arrest affidavit, the RN located a crimped piece of tin foil, a lighter and a glass pipe with a burnt brillo end. Inside the tin foil were several pieces of a "white rocky substance" which tested positive for cocaine.

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