SMOKING FENTANYL AT TACO BELL
Gallup, June 5
Gallup Police Officer Kyle Delgai was dispatched to the Taco Bell North at 838 U.S. Hwy. 491 around 10 pm for a welfare check after a man who was eventually identified as Michael Gruber, appeared to be extremely intoxicated. Gruber, 35, was reportedly hitting himself in the head.
The caller said Gruber had also taken an uknown substance. When officers arrived at the scene, public safety officers told them they’d found four fentanyl pills inside Gruber’s pants pocket and 10 pills inside his shirt pocket.
The public safety officers had handcuffed Gruber, and when Delgai arrived at the scene he was slumped over in a chair. An officer had to help him stand up while he was being questioned. Gruber reportedly kept closing his eyes as if he was trying to sleep.
During his time at Taco Bell Delgai found multiple lighters, pipes, burnt aluminum foil, a cell phone, and 14 fentanyl pills outside the business.
Gruber was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 1.
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