March 18, 2016
By Paul Joseph, Paragon Communications News Director –
A Sayre man has pleaded into drug court following several run-ins with the law over drug possession.
22-year-old Kenneth Gallegos was picked up on January 6 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.
In May of last year, Gallegos pleaded guilty to drug charges.
According to a January, 2016, police report, Gallegos was found walking with a woman northbound in the middle of Washington Street about 12:38 am.
When dispatch confirmed an outstanding Beckham County, he was arrested and taken to jail. The woman was released.
During the booking in process, Gallegos was 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.
Gallegos was arrested in 2015 after he abandoned a vehicle near a roadway. Officers found a syringe lying inside the open, middle console and a digital scale under the driver’s seat. Officers also found a bag with a white crystal-like substance that later field tested positive for Methamphetamine. Additionally found were round, red pills that were identified as Pseudoephedrine Hydrochloride used in the manufacture of meth.
During an interview following the 2015 arrest, Gallegos allegedly told police that he did, indeed, “do” drugs.
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