EX-ATTORNEY JAILED ON DRUG CHARGES

FORT PIERCE -- Vincent Lloyd, a former attorney who spearheaded the
rebirth of downtown Fort Pierce, is back in jail on cocaine charges
after police received a tip from a confidential informant Friday,
arrest papers state.

Lloyd, 58, of 1109 Fernandina St., was arrested at a home on Manor
Drive after police say they found him in a bedroom with a crack
cocaine rock and pipe lying nearby.

Kim Elliott, the home's owner, told police that the cocaine was not
hers and said Lloyd mentioned he "didn't have to take a urinalysis"
test until Tuesday, reports state.

In addition to charges of possession of cocaine and drug
paraphernalia, Lloyd was charged with two counts of violating his
probation stemming from a sentence imposed April 20, when he was
convicted of violating his probation from a 2001 drug charge.

In the original case, the former community leader and prominent civil
lawyer was sentenced to a year in jail and five years' probation
after pleading no contest to charges that he smoked crack cocaine
with a 16-year-old girl in various hotel rooms.

He was arrested for violating that probation in March after testing
positive for cocaine in a court-ordered drug test. In April, Lloyd
was sentenced to an additional five years of probation and ordered to
complete a drug-treatment program slated to last six to 18 months. At
the conclusion of treatment, he was ordered to serve 18 months of house arrest.

Lloyd, whose law license has been suspended, once led the Downtown
Business Association and was the single largest donor to the Sunrise
Theatre's restoration. He bought and repaired several downtown
buildings, including the one now rented by his bail bondsman, Louis
Vadala of ABC Bail Bonds.

Vadala was at the St. Lucie County jail on other business Saturday
when he learned of Lloyd's latest arrest at 3:30 p.m. Friday.

"He's lost just about everything because of this drug problem, but
he's done more for Fort Pierce than anybody," Vadala said. "When he
restored the old Fort Pierce hotel building, that was the start of everything.

"It's a shame they won't let him out on bail," he said, noting that
Lloyd was being held without bail. "He's not going anywhere, and he's
not a threat to anyone."