CAUGHT WITH METHAMPHETAMINE
Gallup, Sept. 2
A man arrested on a warrant is now facing additional drug charges.
On Sept. 2, around 12:15 pm, Gallup Police Officer Daniel Brown was patrolling the 700 block of East Coal Avenue when he noticed a man he recognized as Devon Descheenie sitting along a wall. He checked in with Metro Dispatch, and they confirmed that Descheenie, 21, had a warrant out for his arrest.
According to his report, Brown arrested Descheenie for his outstanding warrant, and as he was conducting a body search, he found a small baggie containing a white crystal-like substance in Descheenie’s right pants pocket. Brown identified the substance as methamphetamine.
Descheenie was arrested for his outstanding warrant and possession of a controlled substance. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 25.
DOING DRUGS AT TACO BELL
Gallup, Sept. 4
A man reportedly fell asleep at a local Taco Bell after eating some food and smoking narcotics.
On Sept. 4, around 7:45 pm, Gallup Police Officer Ryan Boucher was called out to the Taco Bell at 914 E. Hwy. 66 after someone reported that people were using drugs in the area.
He parked his car near the next-door business Gas Up at 916 E. Hwy. 66, and noticed a man who was later identified as Peyton Storer sitting in between the two businesses. According to Boucher’s report, Storer, 27, was bent over something and he didn’t move for a long time. Boucher also noticed he had a straw in one hand and a lighter in the other.
Boucher told Storer to drop the items in his hands. Storer did so, and then begun to reach for a red backpack that was behind him. Boucher told him to stop reaching for items.
Storer allegedly put his hands up in the air and said he had a “tudor” and a lighter. He said he was OK, and that he was just trying to eat his food. He had a Taco Bell bag next to him.
Boucher approached him and had him empty out the contents of the two backpacks he had with him. He allegedly had a straw that contained some black and brown residue, a piece of aluminum foil that had a blue pill inside it, and three pipes that all had brown residue inside them.
Storer eventually admitted that he’d been smoking narcotics. He said he found the blue pill, which was identified as fentanyl, on the ground. He said he’d fallen asleep after smoking.
Boucher arrested Storer for possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia possession. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 2.
