Dayton Police made one arrest at about 5:40 p.m. after a detective observed possible drug sales going on in the parking lot of the Clark Gas Station at 1655 N. Gettysburg.
When the suspected vehicle pulled out of the lot an officer initiated a traffic stop for dark tinted windows.
According to a police report, the driver flung open the door, jumped out of car and started running. He allegedly threw a bag full of capsules on the ground just before being apprehended. The bag contained 123 capsules of suspected heroin, according to the report. The arrested man, 22-year-old Deveion Loveless, also had $1,702 in cash in his pocket, according to the report.
He was booked into the Montgomery County Jail pending charges of possession of drugs, resisting arrest and obstructing official business. He also had an outstanding warrant for domestic violence.
The group made a second arrest at about 9 p.m. on Prescott Avenue and confiscated two semi-automatic handguns. An undercover officer was driving on North Gettysburg and observed a car with loud music and dark tinted windows illegally pass another vehicle, according to a report.
That car was pulled over and officers smelled marijuana, according to the report.
The driver, 35-year-old Michael Blevins, reportedly admitted there was a gun under the passenger seat of the car and police found a second gun in his pocket.
According to the report, Blevins admitted to having smoked marijuana and was arrested pending charges of having weapons under disability, using weapons while intoxicated, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, and several traffic violations.
In January, the City of Dayton announced that it would continue funding the CIRGV program after a multi-year $500,000 federal grant runs out this year. Dayton City Commission approved two contracts with community partners to continue the program, allocating $100,000 in tax dollars to the program for the first time.
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