Ector County sheriff’s deputies seized roughly 26 grams of methamphetamine during two separate arrests over the weekend.
According to ECSO reports, on Friday a deputy offered to drive San Antonio resident Armando Flores, 35, to a hotel after investigating a complaint on Tim Tam Circle. While patting him down for weapons and drugs, the deputy discovered Flores had a marijuana joint in his hand.
The deputy arrested Flores and during a subsequent search of Flores’ belongings, he found a small amount of marijuana in a baggie and 11.8 grams of methamphetamine in another baggie, the report stated. In addition, he found $666 in cash and a scale.
Because the amount of methamphetamine was more than normally used by one person, the report stated Flores was arrested on suspicion of manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance, a first-degree felony punishable by five years to life in prison. He remained in the Ector County jail Wednesday on a surety bond of $97,500.
The next day, another deputy found 14.4 grams of methamphetamine in the pocket of Jesse Martinez, a 53-year-old San Antonio resident who had been fighting with his wife at a home in the 700 block of East Mulberry Street, according to an ECSO report.
Martinez was arrested on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, a second-degree felony punishable by two to 20 years in prison. He remained in the Ector County jail Wednesday on a $25,000 surety bond and a parole violation charge.
