On 03/06/24, at approximately 12:50 a.m., officers with the Grand Junction Police Department contacted a suspicious male in the 1300 block of Independent Avenue. The male was in the area of a closed Sinclair gas station, holding a five-gallon gas can and a stick. The male had an active warrant for his arrest and was taken into custody where he was discovered to have over 32 grams of methamphetamine. Ben Otto, age 60, was arrested and remanded to the Mesa County Detention Facility for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Schedule II Drug, Possession of a Schedule II Drug, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Otto was also arrested on his active warrant. The Grand Junction Police Department believes this to be an isolated incident. This remains an open investigation and there is no further information available at this time.