'Visibly sweating' red state candidate busted for cocaine while knocking on doors: report

A candidate for the Indiana State Senate was arrested for cocaine possession while canvassing for himself.

Andrew Dezelan is the former policy director for the Indiana Senate Democratic Caucus, according to reporting by the Indianapolis Star. He was arrested outside of Indianapolis on Sunday after "a man called the police with a complaint of a person soliciting as Dezelan was going door to door," and police found a bag of cocaine in his car, the Indy Star reported.

Police officers found Dezelan parked in his car by a neighborhood clubhouse and asked him "to explain the difference between canvassing and soliciting," the Indy Star wrote. Dezelan said he had permission from a homeowners' association to canvass there.

An officer wrote in an arrest affidavit that "I noticed Mr. Dezelan had been speaking quickly, making very quick, nervous and unorganized movements. He was visibly sweating."

Those were all "typical signs of someone who is under the influence of a narcotic," according to the affidavit.

Dezelan put his car in reverse, and after telling him to stop, officers opened his door and pulled him out, the Indy Star report recounted. Dezelan resisted his arrest by trying to step away until he was forced to the ground, the affidavit described.

After he was detained, police officers searched Dezelan's car and found a "small, clear plastic Ziploc baggie containing white powder," which later tested positive for cocaine, according to the affidavit.

The Indy Star noted that Dezelan posted a live video on Facebook of himself canvassing just fifteen minutes after police were called to investigate.

Dezelan has not yet publicly commented on his arrest, according to the Star.