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CANADIAN, BLAINE, CUSTER, WASHITA, BECKHAM
Published the Second
Weekend of each month.
Vol. 14 No. 1
JAN. 3 to JAN. 30, 2025
CUSTER COUNTY
NOAH LIEBENSOHN
VIOLATION OF OKLAHOMA
COMPUTER CRIMES ACT
CANADIAN COUNTY
CASS MARCHANT
POINTING FIREARM/ MALICIOUS
INJURY TO PROPERTY
BLAINE COUNTY
DENNIS VOLK
POSS OF METH
2 | FEBRUARY 2025 Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty CANADIAN COUNTY
JAMIE
ADAY
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
MONICA
AGUIRRE
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
TRAYVON
ALBERT
DIST CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE,
POSS WITH INTENT
AMYA
ALEXANDER
LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE
FROM RETAILER
CASEY
ALLEN
LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE
FROM RETAILER
RODREQUIOUS
ANDERSON
DUI
RUSSELL
ANDERSON
DUI/ CARRYING FIREARM WHILE
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
FARID
ANNOOR
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
ANTHONY
BARRETT
DOMESTIC A&B
JOSEPH
BELL
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
JOHN
BELLYMULE
AGG DUI
LUIS
BENITES LARA
DUI
AUBREY
BLACK
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
MATTHEW
BLACKOWL
DUI/ POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
JOHN
BLURTON
POSS CONTROLLED SUB W/IN
1000' OF SCHOOL/PARK/CHILD
BRIGGS
BORLAND
ELUDING POLICE
DARIAN
BOURNE
BURGLARY FIRST DEGREE/ A&B
W/DEADLY WEAPON
ROBERT
BRAZIEL
DOMESTIC A&B
SEAN
BRYANT
BURGLARY THIRD DEGREE
CHAD
BURNS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE/ ELUDING
JOSEPH
CAMPBELL
DUI
BRENT
CARDER
DOMESTIC A&B
MEIMEI
CHEN
DIST OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty 3 | FEBRUARY 2025 CANADIAN COUNTY
DEPUTY SEIZES 36 KILOS
OF FENTANYL
On January 26, 2025, a routine traffic stop conducted by Canadian County Sheriff’s Deputies led
to the seizure of 36 kilograms of fentanyl, a dangerous and highly potent synthetic opioid, from a vehicle traveling on Interstate
40.
At approximately 6:00 PM, a deputy observed a semi-truck, failing to maintain
a single lane while traveling eastbound on I-40 near Mile Marker 121. A traffic
stop was initiated, and upon approaching the vehicle, the deputy noted a suspicious load—a Ford F150 truck on the top row of the car hauler, surrounded by
high-end luxury cars.
Further investigation revealed discrepancies in the Bill of Lading and other
details about the transport. The deputy discovered the F150 was registered to
an owner in Justice, Illinois, and had been transported westbound on a different
car hauler just days before, raising suspicion about the vehicle.
After securing consent to search the vehicle, deputies searched the vehicle
and uncovered a large cache of fentanyl. The deputy’s keen observation and experience led to the discovery of hidden aftermarket compartments in the F150.
In total, 36 kilograms of fentanyl, concealed in vacuum-sealed bags, were found
in hidden compartments within the truck, including the back wall and the passenger-side airbag.
A Tile brand GPS tracker card was also found in one of the compartments,
possibly tied to the narcotics transport operation. The fentanyl tested presumptively positive for the drug, which has been linked to an ongoing opioid crisis in
the region.
The semi-truck and its cargo were seized and transported to the Canadian
County Sheriff’s Office for further processing. The semi-truck driver was found to
be an innocent third party responsible only for the transport of the vehicles, the
investigation is ongoing, and no arrests have been made at this time.
According to the Canadian County Sheriff’s Narcotics and Interdiction Unit,
they believe the street value of the seized Fentanyl is approximately $1.8 million.
According to DEA 1 kilogram of Fentanyl can kill up to 500,000 people which
means up to 18 million people were saved from this interdiction.
The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office partners with the Oklahoma Bureau of
Narcotics and DEA to combat drug trafficking in Canadian County.
“I’m extremely proud of this outstanding work by my deputies to safeguard
Americans,” said Chris West, Canadian County Sheriff
Sheriff Chris West
YONG
CHEN
DUI
LOMARCE
CHILES
POSS OF LOST OR STOLEN
CREDIT CARD
KOLTON
COLLINS
A&B ON POLICE OFFICER
MIA
COURTNEY
DOMESTIC A&B
BRICE
DAVIS
DUI SECOND IN 10 YEARS
JOHNA
DECKER
REC POSS CONC STOLEN
PROPERTY
CARLTON
DEFROE
IDENTITY THEFT
CHARLES
DUE
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
TEL
DUPRIS
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
NOLAN
EADES
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
NATHAN
EASTEP
DUI
MICHAEL
ECKLES
DUI/ CHILD ENDANGERMENT
ROBERT
ELLIS
AGG TRAFFICKING OF ILLEGAL
DRUGS
KELLI
ENGLAND
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
LEVI
ERWIN
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
FERNANDO
ESPINOSA
A&B WITH DANGEROUS WEAPON
DAMARCO
FAILS
CHILD ENDANGERMENT
ASHLEY
FLETCHER
OBSTRUCTING OFFICER
MILFORD
FLETCHER
DOMESTIC A&B
DAVID
FLORES
TRAFFICKING MARIJUANA 25
LBS OR MORE
TIFFANY
FRAVEL
AGG DUI
JASON
GARDNER
LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE
FROM RETAILER
KYLER
GARDNER
DOMESTIC A&B/ KIDNAPPING/
POINTING FIREARM
ISRAEL
GERSON
DUID
ZACHARY
GONZALES
DOMESTIC A&B BY
STRANGULATION
COREY
GORDON
DUI SECOND OFFENSE IN 10
YEARS
LEVINOSN
GRAMAJO
DUID
EMILY
GUNTER
AGG DUI
JAMES
HAAG
DUI SECOND IN 10 YEARS
CODY
HALL
DUI
ALISA
HAMLETT
LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE
FROM RETAILER
CHERWIN
HARMON
LEAVING SCENE OF ACCIDENT
INVOLVING DAMAGE
4 | FEBRUARY 2025 Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty CANADIAN COUNTY
HELD ACCOUNTABLE
Wesley Wayne Hunter Jr., a 29-year-old resident of Yukon, was sentenced January 30 to 70
months in prison for a single count of Destruction,
Alteration, or Falsification of Records to Obstruct
a Federal Investigation.
The charges stemmed from an investigation
conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
On June 5, 2024, Hunter pleaded guilty to the charge.
According to investigators, on July 20, 2023, while serving as a Canadian
County Deputy, Hunter deliberately disabled the mobile tracking system on his
work phone while transporting a pretrial detainee from Bryan County to Canadian County. Subsequently, he pulled his patrol car off the designated transport
route. Hunter admitted during his plea hearing that he had done this to conceal
and obstruct any future investigation into his subsequent criminal actions.
Sonia Garcia, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Oklahoma City office,
emphasized that the FBI would not tolerate any instances of law enforcement
officials abusing their authority. “We will continue to hold accountable any public
servant who fails to protect the community they were sworn to serve,” Garcia
stated.
Christopher J. Wilson, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, condemned Hunter’s actions, stating that he had betrayed his employer,
community, and oath by engaging in misconduct against a detainee and attempting to conceal his actions. “Today, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the
FBI, OSBI, DOJ Civil Rights Division, and Eastern District prosecutors, Hunter is
being held accountable for his criminal behavior,” Wilson concluded.
The Honorable John D. Russell, a U.S. District Judge in the Northern District
of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing in Muskogee. Hunter will continue to be
held in custody by the U.S. Marshals Service until transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility is arranged, where they will serve a
non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.
BOBBY
HARRISON
DOMESTIC A&B IN PRESENCE OF
MINOR
JOSHUA
HENDRIX
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
COLBY
HENRICHS
DUI
DILLON
HICKEY
LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE
FROM RETAILER
TAMIA
HICKMAN
BURGLARY FIRST DEGREE
MORGAN
HIGGINS
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
LANDON
HOLT
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
COLTON
HOPKINS
VPO
TRACY
HORNSBY
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
AUSTIN
HOWARD
KIDNAPPING/ DOMESTIC ABUSE
IN PRES OF MINOR
CHRISTOPHER
HOWELL
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE
JACK
HOWELL
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
JORDAN
HOWELL
DUI
MICHAEL
HOWELL
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
ANITA
HULBUTTA
DUI
NIKI
HURST
DUI SECOND IN 10 YEARS
CIERRA
JOHNSON
BREAKING AND ENTERING
JASON
JONES
REC POSS CONC STOLEN
PROPERTY
CHARLES
JORDAN
DUI
GEORGE
KARTY
PUBLIC INTOX
AUSTIN
KELLY
DIST OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
LEE
KEVIN
KIDNAPPING
KENDRA
KIRKPATRICK
UTTERING FORGED
INSTRUMENTS
DARRYL
KNIGHT
PURCHASE/DISPLAY FALSE ID
HENNESSY
LARGENT
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
DESTIN
LEWIS
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
YANJUN
LIANG
DIST OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
CHUN
LIN
TRAFFICKING MARIJUANA 25
LBS OR MORE
CODY
LINDLEY
DUI
ERIC
LOFTIS
LEWD OR INDECENT
PROPOSALS/ACTS TO A CHILD
CONSTANCE
LUNSFORD
DRIVING WITH LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
CASS
MARCHANT
POINTING FIREARM/ MALICIOUS
INJURY TO PROPERTY
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty 5 | FEBRUARY 2025 CANADIAN COUNTY
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POSS OF CONTROLLED
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BRAVO
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DUI
DEAUNTE
MCBRAYER
POSS OF FIREARM AFFC
MARK
MCCAIN
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
TINA
MCCREA
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
CONTESSA
MCFADDEN
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
RICHARD
MICHAEL
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
NATASHA
MILLER
EMBEZZLEMENT OF PROPERTY
ZACHARY
MILLER
DIST CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE,
POSS WITH INTENT
KRISTOPHER
MONTOYO
TAMPERING WITH UTILITIES
LINDA
MOORE
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
DANNY
MORALES
DUI SECOND IN 10 YEARS
CHRISTINE
NELSON
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
AMBER
NOE
AGG TRAFFICKING OF ILLEGAL
DRUGS
EDWARD
ONTIVEROS
LARCENY OF LOST PROPERTY
NORBERTO
ORTIZ
FALSE IDENTIFICATION
AUTUMN
PACHECO
FALSE DECLARATION OF
OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP
TEDDY
PARKER
VPO
TIM
PARKER
DUI
MATHEW
PATTON
DOMESTIC A&B/ KIDNAPPING
MATTHEW
PAYNE
A&B WITH DANGEROUS WEAPON
SHUSI
PENG
DIST OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
BRYAN
PENN
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
JUSTIN
PHILLIPS
TRAFFICKING FENTANYL
OSMIN
PINEDA
IDENTITY THEFT/ FALSE
PERSONATION
NATHANIEL
PLENTYBEARS
DUI
JUSTIN
RAND
DUI
KYLE
REDUS
DOMESTIC A&B
TAMARA
REED
BURGLARY FIRST DEGREE/ A&B
OSWALDO
REYES
DUI
NICOLE
RIPPY
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
JOHN
RIVERA
DUI
ROCKY
ROARK
BREAKING AND ENTERING
ARYAUNNA
ROBERTS
BURGLARY FIRST DEGREE
6 | FEBRUARY 2025 Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty CANADIAN COUNTY
DEREK
RUBIDOUX
TRAFFICKING MARIJUANA 25
LBS OR MORE
DENISE
SAM
DUI
SHAYAA
SAMAD
DOMESTIC A&B
CANDICE
SERAFINE
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
HECTOR
SHAWNEE
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
DEREK
SHORE
FALSE PERSONATION
AMANDA
SIMMERS
CHILD NEGLECT
JOSHUA
SIMPSON
DUI/ POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
DAIVIAN
SMART
DOMESTIC A&B BY
STRANGULATION
JESSICA
SMITH
AGG DUI
JORDAN
SMITH
GRAND LARCENY/ CONSPIRACY/
CHILD NEGLECT
RICHARD
STEWART-FINNELLY
RECKLESS CONDUCT WITH
FIREARM
AARON
STONE
FALSE PERSONATION/ ELUDING
CHRISTOPHER
STRIDER
OBSTRUCTING OFFICER
SKYLER
TERRELL
LEWD OR INDECENT
PROPOSALS/ACTS TO A CHILD
KARLA
THOMAS
DUI
DILLON
THOMPSON
DOMESTIC A&B
ANTHONY
TOGBAR
EMBEZZLEMENT OF PROPERTY
GERMAN
TORRES
STALKING
BRITTANI
TRENT
FALSE REPRESENTATION IN
OBTAING FOOD STAMPS
JOSEPH
TUCKER
AGG A&B/ BURGLARY SECOND
DEGREE
JESSE
VANTASSEL
DUI/ CHILD ENDANGERMENT
ERIC
WALKER
GRAND LARCENY
RICKY
WALL
DUI
LONDEN
WARD
DOMESTIC A&B BY
STRANGULATION
WILLIAM
WEAVER
POSS OF PARAPHERNALIA
NIKEITA
WEBB
FALSE PERSONATION
ZACHARY
WEIR
POSS CREDIT OT DEBIT CARD
WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD
TAMAIZE
WILLIAMS
CARRYIN WEAPON WHERE
ALCOHOL IS SERVED
ELIJAH
WILSON
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
ETHAN
WITTROCK
DUI/ ELUDING POLICE OFFICER
COREY
WOODCOCK
DOMESTIC A&B
JOHN
WRUBLEWSKI
DUI
RYAN
YOUELL
BURGLARY THIRD DEGREE
KEVIN
YOUNG
DUI
ZACHARY
YOUNGER
FAIL TO REGISTER AS SEX
OFFENDER
ISMAEL
ZAMORANO
DOMESIC A&B BY
STRANGULATION
XIAO
ZHANG
DIST OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
NICOLE
ZIMMS
OBSTRUCTION
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty BECKHAM COUNTY 7 | FEBRUARY 2025
DRUG DEALING FOR DUMMIES:
CHAPTER 4
In This Chapter You Will Learn:
Rule Number One: Don’t Do Drugs
Rule Number Two: See How Other People Messed Around & Found Out!!
Rule Number Three: Don’t Claim The Hat If You Hide Your Drugs In There!!
Rule Number Four: Don’t Be A Criminal
Rule Number Five: Wear Your Seatbelt!!
To truly understand how valuable these basic rules are, let’s follow along with what happened to
Anthony Commander, who could have easily avoided all of this by reading “Drug Dealing For Dummies”, but instead he can read it while in the comfort of his new accommodations in a Florida jail.
We’ve all heard the classic line, “these are not my pants”, but in this story, Commander had a bit
of a different approach!! While a deputy was out on patrol, he observed a vehicle sitting at a stop sign
and as he went by, he noticed the driver was not wearing his seatbelt!! The deputy turned around
and initiated a traffic stop due to the violation. As he spoke to Commander, the driver of the vehicle,
he said he knew he was going to get pulled over for not wearing his seatbelt!! (So much could have
been avoided had we followed Rule Number Five)
While the deputy was writing a warning to Commander, a K9 deputy and his partner arrived on
scene to take a little sniff of the vehicle. While we may have been rolling the dice with this one, it paid
off as the dog alerted to the odor of narcotics!! A search of the vehicle revealed two cut straws with
residue on them, which field tested positive for Fentanyl!!
Now this is where things get good, as deputies searched Commander to see what he had on his
person, when they removed his hat from his head, they found two baggies tucked inside the lining
containing drugs!! One of the bags contained approximately 1.5 grams of methamphetamine and
the other contained approximately 0.28 grams of Fentanyl!!
Commander told the deputies that the hat was his, but he has no idea how the drugs got in there,
he even said that maybe his friends tried to set him up by planting them there!! This is where Rule
Number Three comes into play, it probably would have been better to go with the whole “not my
hat story” than it was to say that it is your hat, but just not
your drugs!!
As a result, Commander hit the jackpot and won a free
ride to jail on a $5,500 bond for possession of methamphetamine, possession of
a controlled substance and
possession of drug paraphernalia!!
As a courtesy, in the future
I highly recommend keeping
up with the various chapters
of “Drug Dealing For Dummies” and especially follow
Rule One from today’s chapter, unless you want to make
a reservation for yourself at
the jail!!
BRANDON
ALCORTA
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY BY STRANGULATION
BRANDON
ALLMON
COST ARREST WARRANT
KATHERINE
BIRDWELL
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
DARIUS
BROOKS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
CHEYENNE
BROOKSHIER
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
DAVID
CASTRO
TAMPERING WITH UTILITIES/
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
SARAH
CHEYNE
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
STEPHEN
COUCH
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
JIMMIE
CROWE
PUBLIC INTOXICATION/
DISTURBING THE PEACE
RUSSELL
DAVIS
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY BY STRANGULATION
MICHAEL
DILLARD
DUI
SIDNEY
HUDSON
RAPE FIRST DEGREE
VICKIE
KIDD
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
RODNEY
KIRK
DUID
ROBERT
KRAMER
ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER/ DUI/ A&B
STEPHEN
LEWIS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
SHANNON
MAHAN
CHILD NEGLECT/ KIDNAPPING
ANDREW
MARTINEZ
LEWD OR INDECENT PROPOSALS
OR ACTS TO CHILD
KEVIN
MCCASKILL
COST ARREST WARRANT
AMIYAH
MCGUIRE
FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELT
RONALD
MCKEE
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
STEPHEN
MCKEE
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
AMANDA
MIEARS
LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE
FROM RETAILER
MICHAEL
MORENO
CARRY OR POSSESS FIREARM
BY CONVICTED FELON
MICHAEL
MOWRY
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
DONNELL
MULLINS
DWI/ POSSESSION OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
8 | FEBRUARY 2025 BECKHAM COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
EMOTIONS IN MOTION
A 34-year-old Weleetka man was arrested after
he caused a scene at an Elk City Mexican restaurant on January 19.
According to reports, Elk City police officers
were dispatched to El Patio of North Eastern Avenue around 6:48 p.m. Officers were advised that
a drunk customer was yelling at employees and
refusing to leave the restaurant. He also spit at the
restaurant’s owner.
When officers arrived at the location, restaurant
employees showed him a blue Jeep. The suspect, Robert Kenneth Kramer, got
out of the vehicle and approached an employee aggressively, as though he was
trying to fight. When officers tried to put Kramer in handcuffs, he struggled and
resisted.
Inside the man’s vehicle, they found open alcohol containers. Kramer’s driver’s
license was also suspended.
On the way to the hospital for a blood test, Kramer allegedly threatened to
harm an officer and his family. He also threatened medical staff and had emotional outbursts at the hospital.
During booking at the Beckham County Jail, Kramer allegedly kicked an officer
in the chest.
Officers spoke to witnesses at the restaurant, who confirmed that the man had
assaulted at least two employees. There were other potential victims.
Kramer is being charged with battery/assault and battery on a police officer,
driving with license cancelled/suspended/revoked, threaten to perform an act
of violence, driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and
assault. His bond was set at $25,000, and he is scheduled to appear in court
on February 10, 2025.
RON
ODOM
CARRY OR POSSESS FIREARM
BY CONVICTED FELON
STEVEN
PARR
DUI: SECOND OFFENSE IN 10
YEARS
ZACHARY
PHILLIPS
RECEIVE, POSSESS OR CONCEAL
STOLEN PROPERTY
SCHAUNSTON
PITTS
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
JEFFREY
ROUNDTREE
FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX
OFFENDER
GUADALUPE
SANCHEZ
SECOND DEGREE MURDER
VINCENT
SANDOVAL
CONTEMPT
KATHLEEN
SMITH
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
ERIC
STINE
CONTEMPT OF COURT
THERWIN
STONE
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
CLAYTON
THOMAS
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
JESUS
VALDEZ-OROZCO
VIOLATION OF OKLAHOMA
COMPUTER CRIMES ACT
JOSHUA
WHITECROW
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
JUSTIN
WHITTEN
DUI
ANGELIQUE
WRIGHT
COST ARREST WARRANT
9 | FEBRUARY 2025
10 | FEBRUARY 2025 Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty CUSTER COUNTY
A tech-challenged Florida woman accidentally texted a
cop instead of her drug dealer to buy fentanyl — unwittingly
narcing on herself, according to police who arrested her.
Octavia Wells, 41, had been headed to rehab on New
Years Eve when she texted a man she’d previously entered
in her phone as “PJ,” allegedly offering to pay $45 for the
opioid, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
The dimwitted druggie then arranged to meet the guy on the other line at a Tom Thumb
convenience store in Panama City, according to a police report obtained by the Smoking Gun.
But when she arrived at the store, narcotics cops were waiting there to arrest her, police said.
Wells soon learned she’d mistakenly contacted Stephen Pettijohn, an investigator with the Bay
County Sheriff’s Office known as “PJ,” with whom she’d had a “previous iteration,” according
to police.
She allegedly later told cops Pettijohn’s name was similar to her drug dealer’s, according to
the arrest affidavit.
Details of Wells’ previous interaction with the investigator were not described in the complaint
affidavit. She was charged with unlawful use of a communication device, possession of drug
paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license.
SOUTHERN
SHENANIGANS
BILLIE
ADAMS
PETIT LARCENY
FRANK
ADDISON
ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH
DANGEROUS WEAPON
ORLANDO
ALVERIO
RECEIVE, POSSESS OR CONCEAL
STOLEN PROPERTY
WILLIAM
ARNEY, SR.
CHILD NEGLECT
TIMOTHY
BADILLO
LARCENY OF AUTO, AIRCRAFT
OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE
JEFFREY
BERRY
DUI
ANGELA
BISSONETTE
OBSTRUCTING OFFICER
CRYSTAL
BISWELL
RECEIVE, POSSESS OR CONCEAL
STOLEN PROPERTY
DAKOTA
BOATRIGHT
FACILITATE SEXUAL CONDUCT
WITH MINOR
MATTHEW
BOYD
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
JONATHAN
BURTON
DUI: SECOND OFFENSE IN 10
YEARS
BRADLEY
BURTON, JR.
DESTROYING EVIDENCE/ POSS
OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
JOSHUA
CABANISS
ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER/ PUBLIC INTOX
DAEISHA
CALDWELL
DOMESTIC A&B/ AGG A&B
SEAN
CAMP
DUI
TARA
CAPE
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
DWIGHT
CHASE
DUI-DRIVER UNDER 21
WYATT
COLLINS
ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER
COLBY
ENGEL
LEWD OR INDECENT PROPOSALS
OR ACTS TO CHILD
HANIBAL
ESCALANTE DEL SOL
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
KYLE
FIELDS
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
CATHERINE
FOULKE
CHILD NEGLECT/ CHILD ABUSE
BY INJURY
PETE
FOWLER
THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF
VIOLENCE
SEAN
FRANK
DUI: THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT
FELONY OFFENSE
DAKOTA
GARRISON
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
DANIEL
GENTRY
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
ANTONIO
GONZALEZ
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
ANDREW
GREELEY
CHILD NEGLECT
BILLY
HALL
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
SHELBY
HAMILTON
POSS CREDIT/DEBIT CARD OF
W/INTENT TO DEFRAUD
AMY
HARRIS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
RIVER
HAYDEN
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
MEKAYLA
HERNANDEZ
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
MARK
HERNDON
ENDANGERING OTHERS WHILE
ELUDING POLICE OFFICER
SHELBY
HOSEY
DUI/ POSS OF MEDICAL
MARIJUANA W/OUT A LICENSE
CASEE
HUGHES
FALSE PERSONATION OR
IMPERSONATING ANOTHER
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty 11 | FEBRUARY 2025 CUSTER COUNTY
WHEELS OF
MISFORTUNE
Clinton man Mark Vincent Herndon, 36, was
arrested and put in jail on January 4 after he allegedly led officers on a high-speed chase while
on his four-wheeler.
According to reports, a Custer County deputy saw a four-wheeler with no front or rear lights
near First Street and Gary Boulevard in Clinton.
The driver of the four-wheeler, later identified as
Herndon, ran a stop sign.
The deputy tried to stop Herndon, but the man drove away from the area at
a high rate of speed, endangering others while he sped through public areas.
Herndon led the deputy through a gravel parking lot, down streets, and through
a pasture. He abandoned the four-wheeler near Glen Smith Road and ran away
from the area on foot.
Deputies detained Herndon’s female passenger. She told them that Herndon
told her to leave the four-wheeler.
A Clinton Fire Department drone found Herndon, who was walking along Gen
Smith Road.
When deputies asked Herndon about the incident, he said he didn’t want to
lose the ATV, that he said belonged to his dad. Deputies confirmed that the vehicle had not been reported stolen.
Herndon is being charged with endangering others while eluding/attempting/
eluding a police officer after the former conviction of a felony, operating a motor
vehicle with headlights out, and reckless driving. His bond was set at $15,000,
and he is scheduled to appear in court on February 14, 2025. EMMA
JONES
EMBEZZLEMENT OF PROPERTY
ANTONIO
JUAREZ
DUI
JASON
JUAREZ
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
BRIAN
KLINE
PUBLIC INTOX/ RESISTING
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BUDDY
LARUE
THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF
VIOLENCE
NOAH
LIEBENSOHN
VIOLATION OF OKLAHOMA
COMPUTER CRIMES ACT
DAVID
MARGERUM
POINTING FIREARM
BENJAMIN
MARTINEZ-BLANCO
DUI
GARLAND
MBANEME
LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE
FROM RETAILER
TRANDI
MESSER
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
KENNETH
MOORE
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
HUNTER
MORGAN
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
12 | FEBRUARY 2025 Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty CUSTER COUNTY
NORTHERN
NINCOMPOOPS
A Minnesota delivery driver was busted for auto theft because she wrote in her diary that she, “Totally stole a car
today!” according to police.
Vanessa Guerra, 30, of Mankato, penned the brain-dead
confessional on Aug. 12 — the same day a van was swiped
and resold for parts nearby, according to a criminal complaint
filed Nov. 22.
During the investigation, an officer allegedly found Guerra’s journal, which blabs about
the vehicle heist in a tone fit for a ladies’ brunch.
“Totally stole a car today! Something I never thought of doing,” Guerra allegedly wrote
in the entry, according to the Brown County Sheriff’s Office. “F-cking superfreaking out
about it.”
Guerra, who recently worked as a DoorDash driver, allegedly sold the 2004 Ford Freestar van for $2,000 at a scrap at a salvage business in Blue Earth county, according to
the Smoking Gun, which was first to report the bizarre bust.
Workers at the auto salvage business told cops they recognized Guerra as the person
who sold them the stolen ride, according to police.
When contacted by the investigator, Guerra denied knowing that the vehicle was stolen, according to according to Mankato The Free Press.
Guerra was charged with receiving stolen property and theft. She has reportedly been
convicted of driving with a suspended license and driving without insurance in the past.
THOMAS
NORTHRIP
DUI
JENNIFER
PAYNE
DUI: SECOND OFFENSE IN 10
YEARS
JOE
PAYNE, JR.
DUI
BROCK
PEARSON
PROTECTIVE ORDER VIOLATION
DACIA
PENN
ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH
DANGEROUS WEAPON
BRYAN
PFEIL
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
CRAIG
PHILLIPS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
KEITH
PHILLIPS
POSSESSION OF
PARAPHERNALIA
JAYLA
RACELIS
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
DUNYALE
RAINER
CARRY OR POSSESS FIREARM
BY CONVICTED FELON
PATRICIA
REAGANN
DUI
ALLISON
RUSSELL
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
JESSE
SANKEY
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
KENZLY
SCHMIDT
AGGRAVATED DUI
BRANDON
SCHRECK
DUI: SECOND OFFENSE IN 10
YEARS
AUSTIN
SHARRY
AGGRAVATED DUI
KATHLEEN
SMITH
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
RYLEE
SNODGRASS
DUI
CARLOS
SOTO-DOMINQUEZ
DUI/ CARRYING FIREARMS
WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
KADEN
STEELE
ELUDING POLICE OFFICER
BRENNON
STEHR
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
CASSANDRA
STEWART
DUI
SHAUN
SURVEYOR
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
MICHAEL
SUTPHIN
LARCENY OF AUTO, AIRCRAFT
OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE
COLTON
SZEDELI
CARRY OR POSSESS FIREARM
BY CONVICTED FELON
RYLAN
SZEDELI
DUI
JASON
TARVER
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
TYLER
TOYEKOYAH
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
CARLENE
TSOSIE
DUI: THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT
FELONY OFFENSE
THOMAS
WADE
INTIMIDATE OR THREATEN
STATE'S WITNESS
TRENTON
WASHA
CARRY WEAPON, DRUGS OR
ALCOHOL INTO JAIL
MARCUS
WATAN
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
WILLIAM
WILSON
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
BRANDON
WOODS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
BRANDON
ZANE
LARCENY OF MERCHANDISE
FROM RETAILER
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty WASHITA COUNTY 13 | FEBRUARY 2025
THAT'S METHED UP!
A Kentucky man pulled a bag of drugs and a
wad of cash when police officers asked him for
his ID.
David Ratliff, 43, was passed out behind the
wheel of his car in the parking lot of a video store
on US Route 421 in Manchester — about 100 miles south of Lexington.
When police arrived at the scene and asked a drugged-out Ratliff for his ID, he
whipped out a “baggy of meth, pills, and a large sum of US currency,” according
to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office.
He was found with meth, fentanyl and over $3,000 in cash.
Police confirmed he had 9 grams of meth, several fentanyl pills and $3,034 in
cash.
He was arrested on charges of trafficking in a controlled substance and public
intoxication and taken to the Clay County Detention Center.
JASON
ADAMS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
TRISTAN
ANDERSON
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
LISA
BAILEY
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
PATRICK
BECK
POSS OF CDS
STEVEN
COLE
DUI
RONNIE
DOWLER
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
TARAN
FAYLOR
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
KEVIN
FLECK
THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF
VIOLENCE
TANNER
GARCIA
THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF
VIOLENCE
DAVID
HARDIN
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
KAYLEE
HUGHES
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
JASON
JUAREZ
DUI/ ELUDING POLICE OFFICER
AMBER
MADISON
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
EDDIE
MENDEZ, JR.
NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
ANDRAUS
MOORE
NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
DERRICK
MOORE
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
TYLER
MORGAN
DRIVING WHILE DISQUALIFIED
TERRILL
MORNING
ENDEAVORS OR CONSPIRES TO
DELIVER, MANU OR POSS CDS
DAVID
MORRIS
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
AMANDA
NEESE
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
WILLIAM
PRICE
ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER
WALLACE
REYNOLDS
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
MADRID
SCALLION
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
LOUIS
THOMSEN
TRESPASSING AFTER BEING
FORBIDDEN
KATELYN
WOOD
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
BRANDEN
ZANE
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
14 | FEBRUARY 2025 BLAINE COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
DENIED
On February 5, the state Pardon and Parole
Board rejected clemency for Wendell Arden Grissom. He is set for execution on March 20 for the
murder of Amber Dawn Matthews.
On the afternoon of Nov. 3, 2005, Grissom and
another man, Jessie Johns, broke into the Blaine
County house of Dreu Kopf, who was inside with
her two young daughters and her best friend, Amber Dawn Matthews. Grissom shot Kopf at least three times, laughing as he did
so. Dreu survived and was able to flee the home, hoping Grissom would follow
her and spare Matthews and the children. Grissom ran after Matthews in the
children’s bedroom, a baby cradled in her arms. Despite Matthews begging for
her life, Grissom shot her once in the back of the head. He then stood over Matthews and fired a second shot into her forehead, killing her.
Johns is serving a life sentence without parole.
“Amber died at the hands of a cruel and evil man. Today, however, his fate is
sealed with the denial of clemency. I am grateful to the Oklahoma Pardon and
Parole Board for this decision,” Drummond said. “In a state where we cherish
the sanctity of our homes and the safety of our loved ones, justice demands
nothing less than the ultimate price for those who violently tear apart the very
fabric of our community.
“He took the life of a kind, vivacious 23-year-old who went into nursing to help
people and died protecting two innocent children,” Drummond continued. “Amber Matthews’ monstrous murder demands that justice be carried out.”
JOSE
APOSTOL GREGORIO
NO DRIVERS LICENSE
ERICA
BRANSON
TRAFFICKING AMPHETAMINE OR
METHAMPHETAMINE
ABIGAIL
CARABAJAL
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
AUDREY
CHARLEY
WARRANTS
MARK
CUNNINGHAM
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
DESMOND
DANIELS
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
SEBASTIAN
DAVIDSON
FTA PUBLIC INTOX
CHARAY
DOMINICK
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION 0F PROPERTY
TATYANA
DORSEY
CHILD NEGLECT/ POSSESSION
OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
OMAR
ENCHASSI
DUI/ CHILD ENDANGERMENT
PABLO
ESPINOZA
AGGRAVATED DUI
STEVEN
FARLEY
TRAFFICKING AMPHETAMINE OR
METHAMPHETAMINE
EASTON
FLETCHER
PUBLIC INTOX
AGUSTIN
GOMEZ SUY
NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
ARTURO
GONZALEZ
DWI/ POSSESSION OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
KORY
LARA
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
VERONICA
LARA
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
CARAMIE
LAUGHLIN
TRAFFICKING AMPHETAMINE OR
METHAMPHETAMINE
HANNAH
LIEBENSOHN
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
CHAD
LUNSFORD
DUS
MONICA
MARTINEZ
PUBLIC INTOX
MATTHEW
MEDICINEBEAR
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
JEREMY
MILLER
DUID/ LEAVING SCENE OF
ACCIDENT INVOLVING DAMAGE
ASHLEY
NANCE
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
ASHLEY
OWENS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
CHLOE
PITCHERELLO
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
MICHAEL
RAUH
DUS OR DUR
ESTEVAN
REYES
PUBLIC INTOX
ANA
RIVERA
POSS OF CONTROLLED SUB
W/INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE
GROSVIN
RIVERA MARTINES
NO DRIVERS LICENSE
ADAM
ROBINSON
PROTECTIVE ORDER VIOLATION
JERRY
ROMERO
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty BLAINE COUNTY 15 | FEBRUARY 2025
LASHONDA
SANKEY
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
JOHNATHON
SIERRA
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
LEWIS
TALL BEAR
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
NATHAN
VANG
DUI
DORA
VARGAS GUZMAN
NO DRIVERS LICENSE
DENNIS
VOLK
POSS OF METH
DEBBY
WHITECROW
DUI
DAVA
WHITEEAGLE
DUI
8 kids a day are accidentally killed
or injured by FAMILY FIRE.
FAMILY FIRE is a shooting involving an improperly
stored gun, often found in the home.
ENDFAMILYFIRE.org
16 | FEBRUARY 2025