PANAMA CITY — Three people have been arrested after a traffic stop led officers to allegedly spotting drugs and a fugitive from justice, Panama City Police Department reported Wednesday.
Investigators of the Street Crimes Unit conducted a traffic stop Wednesday in the Gardner Dickinson Apartment complex of a vehicle driven by Erik Gann, 34, for a traffic violation. During the investigation, police found a Vyvanse (Adderall) pill, 3.5 grams of GHB, meth pipe with .2 grams of meth in the ice form, police reported.
Gann, of Panama City, was arrested for possession of a controlled substances, drug paraphernalia and keeping and maintaining a nuisance drug vehicle.
While speaking to Gann, investigators saw Marcus Neal Abbott, 42, come out of an apartment in the building and then duck back inside. The investigators immediately recognized Abbott, of Youngstown, and knew he had active felony warrants out of the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, PCPD reported.
Investigators knocked on the apartment door and made contact with Abby L. Howard, 33, who stated Abbott was in the shower. A few moments later, Abbott came into the hallway but would not come to the door when ordered to by the investigators. Howard blocked the door and refused to move out of the way of investigators to apprehend Abbott, subsequently Howard was arrested for resisting an officer without violence. Abbott was arrested for his outstanding warrants. All three were taken to the Bay County Jail.