On June 9, 2025 at 1348 hours, Crawford County Deputies conducted a traffic stop at the Duke and Duchess Gas Station in Galion, OH, after the registered owner was shown to have an active arrest warrant out of Richland County. The owner, Katrina Thomas, was the driver of the vehicle and was detained on the arrest warrant.
K-9 Nora was then deployed and conducted a free-air sniff of Ms. Thomas’ vehicle and alerted to the presence of narcotic odor in the vehicle. A search was then conducted on the vehicle and numerous items including, drug paraphernalia, suspected methamphetamine, and prescription pills were seized.
Thomas was arrested for Possession of Drugs and Drug Paraphernalia and transported to the Crawford County Justice Center.
A report will be forwarded to the Crawford County Prosecutor’s Office for consideration of all charges.