Columbus police have made two arrests recently of suspects wanted on warrants.
Lt. Matt Harris, spokesman for the Police department, says that officers arrested 25-year-old Justice P. McIntosh after a short foot chase in the parking lot near 17th Street and Gladstone Avenue Tuesday afternoon. He was wanted on two warrants for failing to appear in court or to comply with a court order. Harris said that police allegedly discovered drugs in McIntosh’s wallet and in a backpack inside the car he was riding in.
He is now facing new preliminary charges including possession of meth, heroin, a legend drug injection device and drug paraphernalia, as well as resisting law enforcement.
On Monday afternoon, police arrested 33-year-old Clifford Roberts and seeing him in a vehicle in the 1500 block of 13th Street. He was wanted on an outstanding Jennings County warrant and Bartholomew County warrants for failing to appear in court on charges of driving while suspended, a probation violation and conversion, Harris said.