
Man tries to hide fentanyl from officers
A man tried to get rid of the evidence against him by crushing the fentanyl pills he had on him before police could find them.
On Sept. 14, around 6 am, Gallup Police Officer Elijah Bowman was dispatched to the Speedway gas station at 3302 W. Hwy. 66 after someone called into Metro Dispatch reporting a suspicious vehicle at the business.
When Bowman arrived at the scene, he found a brown pickup truck behind the gas station. When he approached the vehicle he saw the man in the driver’s seat, who was later identified as 28-year-old Donald Crain, trying to put his belt back on.
According to Bowman’s report, Crain told him he was just sitting...