Ralph Fletcher Sr.

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Ralph Fletcher Sr. died after allegedly swallowing drugs before a deputy searched his car during a traffic stop. According to police, the deputy stopped Fletcher on Inge Avenue in Garden City after observing what he believed to be a drug transaction. Fletcher cooperated and allowed the search, which turned up nothing police said. The deputy led Fletcher go and he went to a nearby the apartment on St. John Street, where a resident said he appeared to have a seizure while inside the other. Several individuals reportedly carried Fletcher inside and called police when he stopped breathing. Fletcher died at a hospital. Police said they believed Fletcher swallowed cocaine to avoid arrest.