Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 46-year-old Deer Park man on Aug. 25 after he tried to ditch a baggie of methamphetamine during his arrest on a misdemeanor warrant and for driving on a suspended license.

Deputy Rob Brooks was in the area of Division and Hastings Road when he spotted a van driving through a convenience store parking lot.  The vehicle was missing a window, had a wooden bumper and had defective lighting.

Brooks ran a registration check and learned that the owner, Darryl F. Flambouras, had a suspended driver’s license and also had an outstanding civil bench warrant.

He contacted Flambouras, who had parked in a handicapped parking space and entered the store.  
Confronted with the information regarding the warrant, the suspect admitted his identity and then turned and attempted to flick away a small baggie of methamphetamine. The bag fell at his feet.

Brooks arrested Flambouras for the warrant, for third-degree driving while license suspended and for possession of methamphetamine, a felony.  He also issued him an infraction for the handicapped parking violation and for failure to provide proof of insurance.