Three Garden City officers are recovering from injuries sustained while attempting to arrest a work-release inmate on Monday afternoon.
According to a social media post from the Garden City Police Department, officers were assisting the Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) Probation and Parole in locating a person on felony probation when they approached a man they thought to be their suspect inside a vehicle near E. 45 Street.
Officers later learned that the man inside the car was not their suspect. However, during the encounter, officers claim that they witnessed the man, identified as 32-year-old Jordan Pickett, attempting to hide drug contraband. Police say the contraband was in “plain view inside the vehicle.”…