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   Andrew Gillum, who in 2018 came within 34,000 votes of becoming   
   Florida’s governor, was discovered by police at a South Beach hotel   
   early Friday morning in a room with bags of possible methamphetamine   
   and in the company of a man who appeared to have overdosed on drugs,   
   according to a Miami Beach police report.   
      
      
   Police say Gillum, who was not arrested, was too intoxicated to   
   answer questions. An offense incident report says that officers   
   found three clear plastic baggies of suspected crystal meth on the   
   bed and floor.   
      
   Gillum, a former Tallahassee mayor and Democrat, issued a statement   
   Friday afternoon in which he denied using drugs.   
      
   “I was in Miami last night for a wedding celebration when first   
   responders were called to assist one of my friends. While I had too   
   much to drink, I want to be clear that I have never used   
   methamphetamines,” he said. “I apologize to the people of Florida   
   for the distraction this has caused our movement.”   
      
   According to police, Mejias told officers that he gave his credit   
   card information to Dyson to rent the room and planned to meet him   
   Friday evening. When he went to the room after 11 p.m., Mejias said   
   he found Dyson and Gillum “under the influence of an unknown   
   substance.”   
      
   Mejias, 56, said Dyson opened the door to Room 1107 to let him in   
   and then collapsed on the bed. He said Dyson was having trouble   
   breathing, so he woke him up. Dyson then vomited and collapsed   
   again, so Mejias said he performed chest compressions on Dyson and   
   called paramedics.   
      
   Mejias told police he saw Gillum, 40, vomit in the bathroom.   
      
   Police say Dyson was taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center in stable   
   condition. They returned to check on Gillum, who was allowed to   
   return home “without incident.”   
      
   No arrests were made.   
      
   “At this time the incident is not being investigated as a criminal   
   matter,” a Miami Beach police spokesman wrote in an e-mail releasing   
   a copy of the report. He did not explain why.   
      
   Gillum, who was mayor of Tallahassee from 2014 through 2018, thanked   
   Miami Beach paramedics in his statement and said he’ll “spend the   
   next few weeks with my family and [would] appreciate privacy during   
   this time.”   
      
   Following his loss in the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race to   
   Republican Ron DeSantis, Gillum has remained an important player for   
   Democrats in the state. His political organization is overseeing an   
   ambitious push to register or “reengage” 1 million voters before the   
   November election, and he remains among the most prominent Democrats   
   due to a political analyst gig with CNN.   
      
   Attempts to reach Mejias and Dyson by phone on Friday were not   
   immediately successful. Dyson told Miami New Times that he has been   
   friends with Gillum “for a while,” but did not know anything about a   
   wedding.   
      
   According to public records, Dyson is a registered nurse who lives   
   in Brickell. His Instagram account features selfies in scrubs and a   
   medical coat. The page also features numerous photos of Dyson   
   shirtless and rippled, on the beach, on boats or at night spots with   
   friends, including his fiance.   
      
   In Miami-Dade, Dyson has no criminal convictions but was arrested in   
   August on a charge of resisting arrest without violence. He got the   
   charge after he was pulled over for weaving in an out of traffic.   
      
   In an arrest report, a Miami Beach police officer said that while   
   handcuffing Dyson, “he began to resist removing his right hand ...   
   while attempting to turn around to face me. Mr. Dyson was then   
   pushed on the vehicle and ordered to stop resisting and to place his   
   hands behind his back.”   
      
   A ticket for reckless driving and the criminal charge of resisting   
   were later dismissed, according to Miami-Dade court records and his   
   former attorney.   
      
   Although the contents of the bags in the hotel room have not yet   
   been confirmed, crystal meth has made a resurgence in South Florida,   
   particularly in Miami Beach, in recent years. The meth, police say,   
   is high-grade product being made by Mexican cartels.   
      
   “It’s a very customer-rich environment, with all the different   
   venues, events and parties for people to enjoy themselves,” a Miami   
   Beach street-crimes captain told the Miami Herald in 2017. “Crystal   
   meth will take the average party experience and magnify it tenfold.”   
      
   Miami Herald staff writer Martin Vassolo contributed to this report.   
      
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