Routt County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man for alleged meth possession and resisting arrest in Oak Creek on Friday.

According to the arrest affidavit, Bradlee Cantrell, 40, was arrested at 11:29 a.m. after the Grand Junction Police Department informed a Routt County sheriff’s deputy that Cantrell had two warrants out for his arrest, involving a felony and a misdemeanor, and his cell phone was “pinging” in the Oak Creek area.

The affidavit states that Cantrell also had one warrant for arrest in Routt County involving a misdemeanor.

According to the affidavit, Cantrell was shopping in a supermarket when a sheriff’s deputy approached him. Cantrell was “apprehensive” and “appeared to be worried” when the deputy spoke to him.

The affidavit then states that Cantrell tried to call his mother when the deputy informed him that he was under arrest outside of the store.

When the deputy told Cantrell to put his hands behind his back, Cantrell “began to pull away” in an “attempt to flee,” states the affidavit. 

According to the affidavit, Cantrell and the deputy began to “wrestle” as Cantrell continued to try to get away. The deputy then gained control of Cantrell “with the help of a bystander.” Another sheriff’s deputy then arrived at the scene and helped handcuff Cantrell.

When searching Cantrell, a deputy found a “glass pipe with burn marks on it” and a “small plastic baggy with a white crystal substance inside,” according to the affidavit.

The affidavit stated that the “crystal substance” later tested positive for methamphetamine.

Cantrell is currently in custody at Routt County Jail and was issued a $500 bond Tuesday for a previous case involving a misdemeanor.

His next court appearance will address bond for the charges involving the meth possession and resisting arrest allegations and is scheduled for 3 p.m. March 11.