Man arrested with three “katana swords” and drugs

TOOELE — Police found a fugitive on the sidewalk Wednesday afternoon armed with three swords hidden in his pants.

According to a police affidavit, Chad Eugene Ginter, 51, was booked into the Tooele County Jail on charges of possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, obstruction of justice and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

A Tooele police officer reported finding Ginter on the sidewalk. The officer knew that Ginter had multiple warrants for his arrest and was a fugitive.

According to the affidavit, the officer arrested Ginter and found “three katana-style swords (which Ginter had hidden in his pants…a glass pipe with burnt drug residue and a plastic tooter”).

While taking Ginter to jail, he told officers he took three fentanyl pills after seeing her.