January 7, 2016
By Paul Joseph, Paragon Communications News Director –
A Sayre man is back in jail on a drug complaint after pleading guilty to drug charges in the summer.
22-year-old Kenneth Gallegos was picked up early Wednesday morning on the streets of Elk City on a warrant and for allegedly giving the arresting officer a wrong named. Once in jail, police also allegedly found he was carrying Methamphetamine in his hoodie.
Just six months ago, on July 9, Gallegos pleaded guilty to drug charges and was sentenced to 10 years in prison with all but 90 days suspended with credit for time served.
According to a police report, Gallegos was found walking with a woman northbound in the middle of Washington Street about 12:38 am. When asked, the two told the officer they were heading “home.” But, when asked where home was, Gallegos stated he didn’t know and also he admitted he didn’t know who else lived there. He gave the officer a false name, but the report said the officer recognized him as Gallegos.
When dispatch confirmed an outstanding Beckham County, he was arrested and taken to jail. The woman was released without incident.
During the booking in process, Gallegos was allegedly found to have a pink baggy in his hand trying to slip it inside his pocket that contained a white crystal substance which later tested positive for the presence of meth.
Besides false representation and the warrant, he was additionally arrested for bringing drugs into the jail.
Gallegos was arrested on a Saturday morning in late May of this year along with another man after police tracked them down in various parts of the same neighborhood. They both fled on foot following a traffic stop, but Gallegos was tackled by a local citizen in the area and held for police.
Inside their abandoned pickup, officers found a syringe laying inside the open, middle console and a digital scale under the driver’s seat. Officers also allegedly found a bag with a white crystal-like substance that later field tested positive for Methamphetamine. The round, red pills were identified as Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride used in the manufacture of meth.
During the May arrest, Gallegos had also given police a false name when he first identified himself to police, however the booking officer identified him as Gallegos.
He’s being held on a $15-thousand dollar bond and has been additionally charged with possession of a controlled, dangerous substance within 1-thousand feet of a park or school.
No court date has been set.
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