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Vol. 15 No. 8
POTTAWATOMIE, SEMINOLE, HUGHES, JOHNSTON
2 | APRIL 2025 POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
JESSICA
ADAIR
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
ROSEMARY
ADAIR
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
ABBY
AINSWORTH
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
TAZ
ALEXANDER
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
JUDE
ANDERSON
FAILURE TO REGISTER VEHICLE
W/IN 30 DAYS
MELISSA
ANDREWS
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
SHAQUAN
ARNOLD
FTA DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED
CALEY
BABB
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
JULIAN
BAEZA
OBSTRUCTING / INTERFERING
WITH OFFICER
LOUIS
BALLARD III
FTA DUS
TYLER
BARBOSA
VPO/ ASSAULT/ THREATEN TO
PERFORM ACT OF VIOLENCE
RICKY
BARNES
MURDER SECOND DEGREE
MICHAEL
BATES
FTA DUS
RONALD
BATT
THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF
VIOLENCE
SETH
BERRYHILL
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
JOHN
BEVAN
FTA FALSE PRET OR BOGUS
CHECK OR CON GAME
BEAR
BLANCHARD
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
DAVID
BLANCHARD
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
TRISTEN
BOHANON
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
STANLEY
BOOKER
CARRY OR POSSESS FIREARM
BY CONVICTED FELON
DANIEL
BOOTHE
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
KRISTOPHER
BOTONE
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
SAMUEL
BOWDEN
TRESPASSING
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY 3 | APRIL 2025
HIGH JINX
The Multi-County Grand Jury has indicted two
men for burglarizing the CannaBrother Farm
medical marijuana grow facility last September in
Shawnee.
Zion Isaiah Edwards, 21, and Emmanuel Leon
Turner, 19, face multiple felony counts for breaking into the facility and stealing packages of processed marijuana.
Edwards and Turner are accused of using a pry
bar to break into a storage building at the farm
and stealing more than 25 pounds of marijuana
before fleeing the scene. Edwards then allegedly eluded a county sheriff peace officer, failing to
stop as directed near Hazel Dell Road and U.S.
Highway 177 in Pottawatomie County.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond said his
Organized Crime Task Force and its partner agencies continue to crack down on organized criminal activity across the state.
“We are committed to apprehending dangerous
criminals, driving bad actors out of Oklahoma and
enhancing public safety,” he said.
Edwards and Turner are charged with conspiracy to commit burglary in the second degree, second-degree burglary and trafficking a controlled dangerous substance. Turner is charged with using a firearm
in the commission of a felony and Edwards is charged with endangering others
while eluding a peace officer. JEREMIAH
BRADLEY
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
QUINCY
BROWN
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
THOMAS
BROWN
FTA POSS OF MARIJUANA
JASON
BUCKMASTER
ARSON - SECOND DEGREE
ASHLEY
BURGER
PETTY LARCENY
JON
CALLAHAN
OUTRAGING PUBLIC DECENCY
TALIA
CALVILLO
LARCENY OF LOST PROPERTY
BILLY
CAMPBELL
DUI
CATHERINE
CAMPBELL
AGG DUI/ LEAVING SCENE OF
ACCIDENT
JOSIAH
CAMPBELL
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
DARIUS
CARPENTER
DOMESTIC A&B/ ASSAULT ON A
POLICE OFFICER
BOBBY
CARR
FTA ARSON - THIRD DEGREE
ANTHONY
CASEY
FTA NO MANDATORY
INSURANCE
MACK
CHAMBERS, JR.
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
REGINA
CLABORN
FTA PROTECTIVE ORDER
VIOLATION
SHEA
CLAYTON
FTA DOMESTIC ABUSE IN
PRESENCE OF MINOR
SANDRA
CLEMENCE
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
RANDY
CLEMONS
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
TRAE
COBO
FLIGHT TO AVOID
LILLY
COGGINS
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
BRANDON
CONLEY
FORCIBLE SODOMY
ERIN
COODY
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
SONNY
COON
STALKING/ DOMESTIC A&B BY
STRANGULATION/ VPO
COLE
CORLEY
POSS OF MARIJUANA
ANDREA
COTTEN
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
CYDNEY
COX
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
LUIS
CUEVAS
POSS W/INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE
EDWARD
DAVIS
CARRY OR POSSESS FIREARM
BY CONVICTED FELON
JOSHUA
DAVIS
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
RAECHEL
DAVIS
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
KRYSTAL
DESHAZO
PETIT LARCENY/ TRESPASSING
KYUSS
DEVILBISS
FTA FAIL TO WEAR SEAT
BELT/ADULT
JESSICA
DEWAN
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
JOHN
DUELLO
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY BY STRANGULATION
DAVID
DUONG
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
JUSTIN
DYER
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
4 | APRIL 2025 POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
WAYNE
DYKE
PETIT LARCENY
JOSHUA
EASTEP
LEWD OR INDECENT PROPOSALS
OR ACTS TO CHILD
MICHAEL
EDWARDS
TAMPERING WITH UTILITIES
ZION
EDWARDS
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
COLBY
ELDRED
MTR DOMESTIC A&B WITH A
DANGEROUS WEAPON
TODD
ELIX
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
JONATHAN
ELLIS
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
SCOTT
ELLIS
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
PARAPHERNALIA
VIRGIL
ELLIS
FTA POSSESSION OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
ZACHARY
ELLIS
FTA DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
SHELBY
ESQUIBEL
MTR EXPLOITATION OF ELDERLY
PERSON / DISABLED ADULT
GERALD
ESTERS
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
TREVOR
EVANS
FTA DOMESTIC ABUSE IN
PRESENCE OF MINOR
TRISTAN
EVANS
DOMESTIC A&B WITH A DEADLY
WEAPON
BODEVIN
EZELL
STALKING/ VPO
SUSIE
FACTOR
DUI
JAMES
FAIRBANKS
FTA POSSESSION OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
JOHN
FERRELL II
FTA DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY/KIDNAPPING
WANDA
FIELDS
BURGLARY - FIRST DEGREE
JESUS
FLORES
FTA OBSTRUCTING /
INTERFERING WITH OFFICER
DONALD
FORAKER
ASSAULT & BATTERY ON POLICE
OFFICER
HALEY
FORD
FTA DUS
TRAVIS
FOWLER
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
DANIEL
FRENCH
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
JENNA
FRYE
FTA SPEEDING
JASON
GAINES
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
LUIS
GONZALEZ
DUI
ANTHONY
GOSS-SIMONSON
RECKLESS CONDUCT WITH
FIREARM
ANGELA
GRAVES
TAMPERING WITH UTILITIES
MARIUNN
GREEN
POSSESSION OF DRUG
PROCEEDS
BRANDON
GRUBBS
PETIT LARCENY
BRIAN
HAMPTON
DUI/ ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE
OFFICER
STACEY
HARJO
DUS
CASEY
HARRINGTON
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE/ PETIT LARCENY
ABBY
HARRIS
DUS
AUSTIN
HART
MALICIOUS INJURY/
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
JOHNNY
HARVEY III
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
BENITO
HERNANDEZ III
DUI
ALVIN
HISHAW
ROBBERY BY FORCE OR FEAR/
KIDNAPPING
WILLIAM
HOLLAND
A&B W/DANGEROUS WEAPON
RYAN
HOLMAN
LEWD OR INDECENT PROPOSALS
OR ACTS TO CHILD
MATTHEW
HOOD
FTA NO DRIVER'S LICENSE
AALIYAH
HOWELL
OBSTRUCTING / INTERFERING
WITH OFFICER
KEVIN
ILBERY
TAMPERING WITH UTILITIES
CHEYENNE
JACKSON
DUS
KIMBERLY
JIM CLARK
OBSTRUCTING / INTERFERING
WITH OFFICER
THOMAS
JIM, JR.
FTA FAILURE TO CARRY
SECURITY VERIFICATION
DEONTRAY
JOHNSON
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY 5 | APRIL 2025
ERICA
JOHNSON
CHILD ENDANGERMENT/ POSS
OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
SHAWN
JONES
FTA PETTY LARCENY
ALISA
JUDD
NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
MEGAN
JURINEK
DUI/ CARRYING FIREARMS
WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
SKYLAR
KAASE
FTA TAXES DUE STATE
PAUL
KARLSEN
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
HEATHER
KEPNER
FTA TAXES DUE STATE
CHRISTIAN
KEY
DUS
DEVON
KING
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
MICHAEL
KING
TRESPASSING AFTER BEING
FORBIDDEN
SHERRI
LAMASCUS
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
HOPE
LEFLORE
FTA ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER
TRACY
LINDSAY
FTA DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
BRETT
LINDSEY
BREAKING AND ENTERING
MELISSA
LITTLEAXE
FTA DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
ASHLEY
LITTLETON
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
ZE
LIU
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
DANIEL
LOEFFELHOLZ
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
BRIDGETTE
LONGEST
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
JAYCE
LOPEZ-CARR
FACILITATE SEXUAL CONDUCT
W/MINOR/ RAPE 1ST DEGREE
CHARLES
MARSHALL
AGGRAVATED POSSESSION OF
CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
BRANDON
MARTIN
THREATENING ACTS OF
VIOLENCE
TAUREAN
MARTIN
DUI/ ENDANGERING OTHERS
WHILE ELUDING POLICE
ANGEL
MARTINEZ ALVISO
NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
THOMAS
MASTERS
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
TONYA
MATHEWS
EMBEZZLEMENT OF PROPERTY
CERRLYON
MAXEY
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
MEGAN
MCCOWN
FTA POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
LOGAN
MCCULLEY
MTR DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
STEPHEN
MCELROY
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
ASHLEE
MCFERRIN
DUS
BRAXTON
MCHENRY
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
KAYLA
MCNEW
PLACING BODY FLUID ON
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE
ALDWIN
MEDINA-PIMENTEL
FTA FAILURE TO YIELD TO
EMERGENCY VEHICLE
JESSICA
MEEKS
ARSON THIRD DEGREE/
ENDANGER HUMAN LIFE
MERANDA
MELTON
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
LUTHER
MENDEZ II
DOMESTIC ABUSE WITH PRIOR
PATTERN OF PHYSICAL ABUSE
TIMOTHY
MEYER
FTA PUBLIC INTOXICATION
REO
MILLIGAN
TRESPASSING AFTER BEING
FORBIDDEN
KEITH
MITCHELL
SOLICITING SEXUAL CONDUCT
WITH MINOR BY USE OF TECH
RICHARD
MONKS
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
JOE
MOODY
A&B W/DANGEROUS WEAPON
JEFFREY
MOONEY
MTR UTTERING FORGED
INSTRUMENTS
KIMBERLY
MOORE
CHILD ENDANGERMENT/ POSS
OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
LEIGHTON
MORLAN
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
ANTHONY
MORRIS
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
BLAINE
MURRAY
MTR BURGLARY SECOND
DEGREE
DAYLON
NAIL
OBSTRUCTING / INTERFERING
WITH OFFICER
6 | APRIL 2025 POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
DEVON
NEAL
FTA NO DRIVERS LICENSE
DESMOND
NORDYKE
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
MAXWELL
NORTHCOTT
FTA POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
WILDER
NUNEZ-MERCADO
NO DRIVER'S LICENSE
DAKOTA
OREILLY
FTA REC/POSS/CONC STOLEN
VEHICLE
ORLANDO
OSBORNE SR
SECOND DEGREE MURDER
DUSTIN
PAGE
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
ROGELIO
PARGAS
OUTRAGING PUBLIC DECENCY
JOHN
PARK
SOLICITING SEXUAL CONDUCT
WITH MINOR BY USE OF TECH
CHRISTAN
PARMAN
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
LARRY
PARNELL
TRAFFICKING IN FENTANYL 1
GRAM OR MORE
MISTY
PASCHAL
FTA DOMESTIC ABUSE IN
PRESENCE OF MINOR
CALEB
PATTERSON
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
CHRISTOPHER
PATTON
CHILD ENDANGERMENT/ POSS
OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
NICOLETTE
PENNOCK
PETIT LARCENY
THAO
PHAN
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
JUSTIN
PICKETT-TRENT
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
ALEXIS
PIEARCY
FTA DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
DANIEL
PIERCE
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
DONTE
PITTMAN
CONJOINT ROBBERY
LYLE
PITTS
PETIT LARCENY
BRETT
POLLARD
DUS
JAMES
PONKILLA
RESISTING EXECUTIVE OFFICER/
PUBLIC INTOX
JOHNSON
PORTER
PUBLIC INTOXICATION/
OBSTRUCTING OFFICER
DAYLAN
PRIMEAUX
AGGRAVATED TRAFFICKING OF
ILLEGAL DRUGS
CURTIS
PROCK
MTR LEWD OR INDECENT
PROPOSALS/ACTS TO CHILD
KOLEASHA
PRUITT
POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND
IN A PENAL INSTITUTION
JACK
REED
ASSAULT & BATTERY ON POLICE
OFFICER
JUSTIN
REEVES
DOMESTIC A&B RESULTING IN
GREAT BODILY HARM
SHIKANAH
REID
PETIT LARCENY
MARKUS
RICE
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
LAWRENCE
ROBERTSON
RESISTING ARREST/ CRUELTY TO
ANIMALS
ELLSEO
ROLDAN-HERNANDEZ
NO DRIVER'S LICENSE
CARSON
ROSS
AGG DUI/ LEAVING SCENE OF
ACCIDENT INVOLVING DAMAGE
JOHN
ROWE
AGGRAVATED DUI
WAYLON
RUSH
FTA DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
ENRIQUE
RYAN
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
CHANCE
SAMPLE
DOMESTIC A&B WITH A
DANGEROUS WEAPON
KADDEN
SAMUELS
ROBBERY BY FORCE OR FEAR/
DOMESTIC A&B
ALBERT
SANDERS
FTA POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
RACHAEL
SANPEDRO
ASSAULT & BATTERY
BRANDON
SCALF
PETTY LARCENY
LORI
SHANEY
CHILD ABUSE/ DOMESTIC A&B
WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON
KYLE
SHELTON
FTA RUNNING A ROADBLOCK
EMMA
SHEPARD
CHILD ENDANGERMENT/ POSS
OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
ROBERT
SHINN
PETTY LARCENY
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY 7 | APRIL 2025
THAT'S METHED UP!
Law Enforcement Seizes
12 Pounds of Meth
Hempstead County, Arkansas – The 8th North Drug
Task Force, in collaboration
with the 8th South Drug Task
Force, 9th West Drug Task Force, and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI), has arrested Prince Thomas, 44, of Hope,
on charges of Methamphetamine trafficking following an extensive investigation. The operation resulted in the recovery of
approximately 12 pounds of methamphetamine.
On Wednesday March 5, 2025, law enforcement agencies
executed a search warrant at a residence in Hope, in a coordinated effort targeting suspected Methamphetamine distribution in Hempstead County. Investigators seized approximately 12 pounds of methamphetamine, valued at approximately
$40,000.00. Thomas was taken into custody without incident
and now faces Trafficking charges.
“The success of this operation is a direct result of the collaboration between local, state, and federal law enforcement
agencies,” said Gary Dorman, Director of the 8th North Drug
Task Force. “The distribution of methamphetamine continues
to be a serious threat to our communities, and we remain committed to holding traffickers accountable.”
The 8th North Drug Task Force is comprised of deputies and
officers from the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, the Hope Police Department, and
the Prescott Police Department. Their combined efforts, along
with assistance from the 8th South Drug Task Force, 9th West Drug Task Force, and the
FBI, were instrumental in the success of this investigation.
Thomas is currently being held at the Hempstead
County Detention Center
Also Arrested was David
Bentley age 60 of Nashville, Arkansas for Conspiracy to Commit Trafficking.
Both were taken to the
Hempstead County Detention Center to await a
first court appearance.
Hempstead County Sheriff
PAUL
SINOR
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
TABITHA
SMITH
FTA PETTY LARCENY
TIMOTHY
SOAP
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
BRYAN
SPEARS
DOMESTIC A&B AGAINST A
PREGNANT WOMAN
EVAN
SPIER
DUI/ LEAVING SCENE OF
ACCIDENT
RONALD
SPRINGER, JR.
MTR DUI - LIQUOR OR
DRUGS/APCV
TARA
SPRINGFIELD
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
MATTIE
STARNES-BOOKER
POSS STOLEN PROPERTY
RAYMOND
STEELEY
BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE
CHRISTOPHER
STEVENS
LEWD OR INDECENT
PROPOSALS/ACTS TO CHILD
LAURA
STEVENS
HARBORING FUGITIVE
CHRISTIAN
STORY
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
JOSHUA
STRANDBERG
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
ASA
STRONG
LARCENY OF LOST PROPERTY
REBECCA
TAYLOR
UTTERING FORGED
INSTRUMENTS
LARRON
THOMAS
GRAND LARCENY/ POSS OF
FIREARM
EDDIE
THOMAS, JR.
DUI/ ELUDING POLICE OFFICER
STACIA
THOMPSON
EMBEZZLEMENT
DERRICK
THORPE
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
ETHEN
TOFTE
OBSTRUCTING OFFICER
EMMANUEL
TURNER
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
SAMANTHAN
UPTON
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
NATHAN
VANBUSKIRK
FTA TAXES DUE STATE
SAMANTHA
VAUGHN
APC
TRISTIAN
VEITENHEIMER
MTR DUI/LEAVING SCENE OF
ACCIDENT
LEE
WALKER
DUI
STACY
WALKER, JR.
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CREDIT
CARD
CHRISTOPHER
WALLACE
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS/ LARCENY
JOHN
WALTERS
FTA PROTECTIVE ORDER
VIOLATION
MICCO
WALTERS
FTA NO DRIVER'S LICENSE
TYMBER
WARD
ATA PETIT LARCENY
KOHL
WASHBURN
DUI/ A&B ON POLICE OFFICER/
A&B ON EMT
8 | APRIL 2025 POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
DWIGHT
WATSON
DOMESTIC A&B WITH A
DANGEROUS WEAPON
CLINTON
WEESE
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
ALISHIA
WELCH
MTR FELONY FALSE PRET OR
BOGUS CHECK OR CON GAME
CONNOR
WELLS
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CREDIT
CARD
WYATT
WELLS
MTR POSSESSION OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
DEMION
WEXLER
FTA PUBLIC INTOXICATION
BRANDON
WHALEY
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
ALAWNA
WHITE
PETIT LARCENY
HAROLD
WHITT, JR.
FELONY FALSE PRET OR BOGUS
CHECK OR CON GAME
DERRICK
WILDER
FALSE PRET OR BOGUS CHECK
OR CON GAME
DARREN
WILLIAMS
DISTURBING THE PEACE
LAWANDA
WILLIS
FELONY FALSE PRET OR BOGUS
CHECK OR CON GAME
EDWARD
WILSON
FTA DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
JASE
WILSON
BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE
JAMIE
WINSEA
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
ASHLEIGH
WITTEN
ATA DOMESTIC A&B WITH A
DANGEROUS WEAPON
AARON
WOLF
FTA PUBLIC INTOXICATION
LISA
WOLF
DUS
TRISTEN
WOLF
ASSAULT & BATTERY ON POLICE
OFFICER
HAYLEIGH
WOLFE
VIOLATION OF COMPUTER
CRIMES ACT
MICHAEL
WOOD
LARCENY/ POSS STOLEN
PROPERTY
LOGAN
WOODALL
TRANSPORTING OPEN
CONTAINER BEER
KVLVNE
WOODWARD
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
JESSY
WREN
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY BY STRANGULATION
BRADLEY
WYATT
CHILD ABUSE/ DOMESTIC A&B
BY STRANGULATION
DANIEL
YAHOLA
PUBLIC INTOXICATION/
OBSTRUCTION
MIGUEL
ZANABRIA
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
CHUN
ZHANG
TRAFFICKING MARIHUANA 25
LBS OR MORE
9 | APRIL 2025
10 | APRIL 2025 Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty JOHNSTON COUNTY
TWO FOR ONE
Two Johnston County residents have pleaded guilty
last month to failure to register as a sex offender in federal court.
Lance Alden Whelchel, 30, of Wapanucka, entered a
guilty plea to one count of Failure to Register as a Sex
Offender.
The Indictment alleged that Whelchel was convicted of
Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country in the Eastern
District of Oklahoma on May 24, 2023, and was required
to register as a sex offender. From July 5, 2024, until
September 12, 2024, Whelchel failed to register and update his registration despite entering, leaving, or residing
in Indian country, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
The charges arose from an investigation by the U.S.
Marshals Service and the Harris County Texas Sheriff’s
Office.
Whelchel will remain in the custody of the United
States Marshals Service pending sentencing.
Joses Ric-e Beck, a/k/a Ric-e Beck, 37, of Ravia, also
entered a guilty plea to one count of Failure to Register as Sex Offender.
The Indictment alleged that Beck received a felony conviction from the State of
Oklahoma on August 12, 2008, for Lewd or Indecent Proposals to a Child Under
Sixteen and was required to register as a sex offender. From August 30, 2023,
until December 20, 2023, Beck failed to register and update his registration despite entering, leaving, or residing in Indian country, within the Eastern District of
Oklahoma.
Beck will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending
sentencing.
CHANDLER
AGUIRRE
DUID/ LEAVING SCENE OF AN
ACCIDENT - WITH DAMAGE
KATRINA
BERTOLINO
PUBLIC INTOX
STEPHANIE
BROWN
ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER
WASHINGTON
CHEA
FLIGHT TO AVOID TEXAS
TRAVIS
DAVIS
ARSON THIRD DEGREE
JESSE
ELLIOTT
NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
STEVEN
GARRETT
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
JAMIE
GILBREATH
POSS OF CDS (METH)
SHADEN
GRAHAM
APC/ ELUDING/ RECKLESS
CONDUCT WITH FIREARM
MELISSA
GULLEDGE
MISUSE OF A 911
FLOYD
HANNAN
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
SARAH
HARPER
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
BRADLEY
HENNESSEE
PUBLIC INTOX/ POSS OF
MARIJUANA
CALEB
HINES
APC/ ELUDING/ RECKLESS
CONDUCT WITH FIREARM
LACI
JENKINS
DUID/ POSS OF MARIJUANA
JAMES
KNIGHTEN
APC
RAY
KNIGHTEN
POSS OF MARIJUANA/ FALSE
IMPERSONATION
GRANT
MAXEY
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
JAMEY
MCGAUGH
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
NATHAN
MCWHORTER
DUI 2ND SUB/ POSS OF FIREARM
AFFC
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty 11 | APRIL 2025 JOHNSTON COUNTY
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brothers, partners, and friends are taken from us by gun suicide.
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a second chance at life. Store your guns safely: locked, unloaded,
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A Lake County (Fla.) woman has been arrested
after police said she planned to bring drugs into a
Florida prison.
28-year-old Jakaleb Thomas, a correctional officer
trainee, was arrested after a joint investigation by the
Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and the Alachua
County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials said they learned of a plan where Thomas would have narcotics delivered
to her in Lake City, before smuggling them into the prison.
After a joint operation by the agencies, 42 grams of crystal methamphetamine and
211 grams of marijuana.
Thomas was arrested and booked into the Columbia County Detention Facility on
March 6th for three separate felony charges, including drug trafficking.
She is being held without bond.
SOUTHERN
SHENANIGANS
JOHNATHAN
ORR
VPO/ THREATENING TO
PERFORM ACTS OF VIOLENCE
EDWARD
PERRY
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
ANDREA
POTTER
APC
CAIDEN
QUICK
TRANSFERRING BODILY FLUIDS/
THREATENS ACTS OF VIOLENCE
JUSTIN
RICKEY
PUBLIC INTOX
KYLE
RITTER
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
MARVIN
RUSSELL
POSS OF CDS - METH
JARRED
STANDIFER
APC/ WEAPONS OFFENSE/
ELUDING
KENOSHA
STANDIFER
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY
STRANGULATION
WORTHY
STEPHENS
SEX OFFENDER RESIDING
WITHIN 2000 FT OF A SCHOOL
KEVIN
STEPHENSON
DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED
CULLOM
STUDDARD
APC/ ELUDING/ RECKLESS
CONDUCT WITH FIREARM
TRAVIS
TURMAN
INTOXICATION/ DISOBEYING A
LAWFUL ORDER/ RESISTING
CHARLIE
WHITWORTH
KNOWINGLY CONCEALING
STOLEN PROPERTY
12 | APRIL 2025 HUGHES COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
ADVERBS OF MANNER
After an extensive investigation, charges have been filed
against a former teacher’s aide for sending nude photos of
herself to two students.
Haylee Dilday, 22 of Wetumka, was charged April 1 with
soliciting sexual conduct or communication w/minor by
use of tech, in Hughes County District Court.
According to District 22 District Attorney Erik Johnson,
Dilday, a former teacher’s aide at Wetumka Public Schools,
was taken into custody following a thorough investigation
into allegations of inappropriate communications with two
minor students. She turned herself in to the Hughes County Sheriff’s Office shortly after a felony arrest warrant was issued for her arrest by the Hughes
County District Court.
Johnson’s District 22 Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force launched an investigation in August 2024 after Wetumka Public Schools reported allegations of misconduct involving Dilday.
Agents determined that, between March 2024 and June 2024, Dilday allegedly sent multiple
graphic nude images of herself to two male students and received similar explicit images from
them. The students, both 15 years old at the time, were enrolled at Wetumka Public Schools,
where Dilday was employed as a teacher’s aide.
Upon learning of the allegations, Wetumka Public Schools administrators took immediate
action and reported the concerns to law enforcement. Dilday subsequently resigned from her
position with the school district.
Throughout the investigation, Task Force Agents served multiple social media and cell
phone-based search warrants, collected and investigated large volumes of digital evidence,
and conducted multiple interviews with witnesses, victims and the suspect. After reviewing
the evidence, prosecutors determined that there was sufficient cause to file criminal charges
against Dilday.
On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Dilday was booked into the Hughes County Jail and later
released on a $25,000 bond.
District Attorney Erik Johnson praised the District 22 Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force
for their dedication to investigating crimes involving minors and ensuring that those who violate
the trust placed in them by schools and the community are held accountable.
“The safety and protection of children in our district is a responsibility we take very seriously,”
said District Attorney Erik Johnson. “I commend our Task Force Agents for their diligence and
professionalism in investigating this case. When allegations of misconduct arise—particularly
those involving minors—it is imperative that they are handled thoroughly, professionally and in
accordance with the law. We remain committed to holding individuals accountable for actions
that place children at risk and ensuring that schools remain a safe environment for all students.”
The District 22 Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force urges anyone with additional information
regarding this case to come forward. Task Force Agents continue to encourage parents, students, and school officials to remain vigilant and report any suspicious behavior or concerns
related to student safety.
Law enforcement officials emphasize that this remains an ongoing legal matter, and all individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
CHARLES
CARR
PROVIDE FALSE SEX OFFENDER
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
TIMOTHY
COLVIN
EXPLOITATION OF A
VULNERABLE ADULT
HAYLEE
DILDAY
SOLICITING SEXUAL CONDUCT
WITH MINOR
DANIEL
DINDY
BURGLARY THIRD DEGREE
JERRY
FORD
LEAVING SCENE OF ACCIDENT
INVOLVING DAMAGE
DESTINY
GREEN
LARCENY OF AUTO, AIRCRAFT
OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE
RACHEL
HENDERSON
DRINKING INTOXICATING LIQUOR
IN PUBLIC
KARA
HESTER
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE/
CONSPIRACY
JACOB
HINKLE
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
DAVID
HOPKINS
CARRYING FIREARMS WHILE
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
DAKOTA
HOUSE
LARCENY FROM RETAILER
MICHAEL
JAMES
ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH
DEADLY WEAPON
CASEY
MANTELL
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
BARI
MARTIN
CARRY WEAPON, DRUGS OR
ALCOHOL INTO JAIL
MELISSA
MARTIN
OBSTRUCTING OFFICER
GREGORY
ODOM
UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO
PENAL INSTITUTION OR JAIL
MATTHEW
PERRY
FORCIBLE SODOMY/ SEXUAL
BATTERY
GRACIE
PHILLIPS
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
KIMBERLY
POWELL
TAMPERING WITH UTILITIES
JOSEPH
SANDERS
DUI
MICHAEL
SEMENKO
FTA OBSTRUCTING A OFFICER
LEITHA
SHERRIN
EMBEZZLEMENT
CANDI
SMITH
SEXUAL BATTERY
DAVID
STEPHENS
DUI
TERRIA
THOMAS
POSSESSION OF CDS W/INTENT
JASON
YETTER
ASSAULT/ TRESPASSING/
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty 13 | APRIL 2025 SEMINOLE COUNTY
GARRETT
ADAMS
FTA BURGLARY THIRD DEGREE
DAKOTA
AIRD
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
TESSIA
ALLEN
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
EDDIE
BALLARD
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
AMY
BARNETT
FTA DUS
TOMMY
BAUGUS
WARRANT
ULYSSES
BEAVERS
DOMESTIC A&B AGAINST A
PREGNANT WOMAN
RUBEN
BEENE
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
RANDALL
BENSON
OBSTRUCTING OFFICER/
RESISTING EXECUTIVE OFFICER
NIGEL
BETTELYOUN
POSS OF FIREARM- UNDER THE
INFLUENCE/ PUBLIC INTOX
JASON
BLANCHARD
DUI
CLAUDE
BURGESS
VPO
QUINTELL
BURRIS
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
CHAD
CECIL
POSS OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA
WITHOUT A LICENSE
MARISSA
CHEWEY
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
CRYSTAL
CHILDERS
FALSE REPRESENTATION IN
OBTAINING FOOD STAMPS
STEPHEN
COFFEE
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
MADDUX
COLLINS
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
LARRY
CRAFT
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
KEVIN
CREWS
OBSTRUCTING OFFICER/
BURGLARY THIRD DEGREE
DANIEL
CUMMINGS
DUID
ADRIAN
DANIELS
FTA
FLORA
DANIELS
PUBLIC INTOXICATION/
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
JUSTIN
DARRINGTON
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
DAVID
DETWILER
POSSESSION OF
PARAPHERNALIA
DANIEL
DINDY
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
SANDRA
DOOLITTLE
DUI/ ENDANGERING OTHERS
WHILE ELUDING POLICE
ALICIA
ESCALANTE
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
RINOY
FAXON
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
CAROLYN
FOREMAN
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
JERALD
GADBERRY
POSS CONTROLLED SUB W/IN
1000' OF SCHOOL/PARK/CHILD
LATOSHA
GOKEY
OBSTRUCTION OF
INVESTIGATION
DESTINY
GREEN
LARCENY OF VEHICLE
MARTY
GREEN
PLACING BODILY FLUID ON
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE
TRENT
HALEY
RAPE SECOND DEGREE
DAVID
HANEY
ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON
PEACE OFFICER
ANTHONY
HARJO
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
DAMOND
HARJO
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
EVANDER
HARJO
OPERATING VEHICLE WITHOUT A
DRIVER LICENSE
JALEN
HARJO
DOMESTIC A&B WITH A
DANGEROUS WEAPON
PATRICK
HARJO
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
PETER
HARJO
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
VERNON
HARPER
FAILURE TO REGISTER AS SEX
OFFENDER
EARL
HARRISON
FIRST DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER
14 | APRIL 2025 Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty SEMINOLE COUNTY
AROUND THE STATE
Suspects caught in Owasso after the felonious incident at
a Tulsa Burger King
On March 6, around 6:30 p.m., Officers responded to
the Burger King near 81st and Garnett for a call about an
armed robbery.
The victim told us that he was selling clothes to the
suspect from a Facebook Marketplace post and met with
him at the Burger King to make the exchange.
The suspect, Billy Davis, arrived in a black BMW. Instead of paying the victim, Davis pulled out a handgun,
robbed the victim, then took off.
Around 10:20 p.m., a Lieutenant with the Tulsa Police Mingo Valley Street Crimes Unit
spotted the suspect vehicle on 169 NB heading north. With help from Patrol Officers, our K-9
Unit, and the Owasso Police Department, we stopped the car in Owasso at 76th St. North
and Highway 169.
The victim arrived at the scene and identified Billy Davis as the suspect and another teenager as the getaway driver from the robbery. Officers searched the vehicle and recovered the
clothing that was taken during the robbery.
Billy Davis was arrested for Robbery with a Firearm. The driver of the BMW is a juvenile
and a tribal member who falls under the McGirt ruling. He was released to his parents, and
the case will be sent to tribal authorities.
The other two individuals in the vehicle, also juveniles, were released.
Great collaboration from our Officers and
Owasso in making this arrest!
This is an arrest, not a conviction.
P.S. With the proliferation of online person-to-person sales, we strongly encourage
people to use our parking lots for the exchange.
Our safe spaces are also ideal for child custody
changes.
Tulsa Police Department
MICHAEL
HATHAWAY
MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PROPERTY
BO
HERRINGTON
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE/
LARCENY
KALLO
HILL
BREAKING AND ENTERING
NATASHA
HILL
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
GAVIN
HINES
PETIT LARCENY
STEVEN
HODGE
RECEIVE, POSSESS, CONCEAL
STOLEN VEHICLE
MATTHEW
HULBUTTA
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
QUINLAN
HUNTLEY
TRESPASSING AFTER BEING
FORBIDDEN
TIFFANY
ISSACS
DUI
BRANDON
JAY
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
ECHOILLE
JOHNSON
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
SHANNON
JOHNSON
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
DANIELLE
JONES
NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
KYLE
JUSTUS
OBSTRUCTING OFFICER
KENNETH
KEENER
PROTECTIVE ORDER VIOLATION
ZACHARY
KESSINGER
ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER
JOHNNY
KISER
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
PVHOSOCHE
LARNEY
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
NUNZIA
LENORA
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
LORI
LONG
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
JENIFER
LOZER
COST ARREST WARRANT
JEFFERY
MADDEN
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
JUSTIN
MARTIN
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
BRICE
MARTINEZ
DUI/ DOMESTIC ABUSE IN
PRESENCE OF MINOR
SHERENE
MCCLELLAN
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
THOMAS
MCGILL
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
MICHAEL
MENDENHALL
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN LIABILITY
INSURANCE
GLADYS
MINIELLY
A&B UPON EMERGENCY
MEDICAL CARE PROVIDER
JONNIE
MITCHELL
POSS CONTROLLED SUB W/IN
1000' OF SCHOOL/PARK/CHILD
SHAYLAN
MITCHELL
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty 15 | APRIL 2025 SEMINOLE COUNTY
GOING TO CALIFORNIA
A Seminole County cold case has finally been
solved after nearly 28 years since the victim’s death.
According to Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), on August 11, 1997, the Seminole
County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in
Sasakwa. When deputies arrived on scene, they discovered 81-year-old Gerthie Carolina deceased inside the home. The OSBI was requested to assist
with the investigation.
OSBI special agents collected information from the
scene and Carolina was transported to the Office of
the Chief Medical Examiner for further evaluation.
The autopsy revealed that Carolina’s cause of death
was multiple stab and incised wounds, as well as a
blunt force injury.
As the investigation progressed, OSBI special
agents and local law enforcement continued working
to track down the individuals responsible for Carolina’s death. In November of 2023, the OSBI obtained
additional evidence that was further evaluated and
tested. Based on the information gathered, on March
3, 2025, an arrest warrant was issued by the Seminole County District Court for
81-year-old Carolyn Foreman, who is Carolina’s niece, and 45-year-old Dakota
Davis, who is Carolina’s great niece.
On March 4, 2025, OSBI special agents located Davis in Sacramento, California, and Foreman in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Both suspects were arrested on
charges of First-Degree Murder. DARTON
MIZE
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
DAMARION
NICHOLS
ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH
DANGEROUS WEAPON
HEATH
NICKELL
OMITTING TO PROVIDE FOR A
CHILD
FRANHLI
NULL
DUI
GREGORY
ODOM
POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND
BY INMATE
ROBERT
PARKER
POSSESSION OF CDS
ZACHARY
PEARSON
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
JACQUEUNE
PEPPERS
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
SIDNEY
PERRY
COMPULSORY EDUCATION ACT
LILLIE
POAFPYBITTY
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
MICHELLE
POHLEMANN
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
WILLIAM
POHLEMANN
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
SARAH
POWELL
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
ANDREYA
PRICE
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
YVONNE
RAINWATER
MTR DUI/ ENDANGERING
OTHERS WHILE ELUDING
DAVID
ROBERTSON
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
RANDELL
SIGLE
TRESPASSING
JAMES
SMITH
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
CHAD
SPENCER
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
SAMPSON
SPENCER
BREAKING AND ENTERING
DAVID
STEPHENS
DUI
KARL
STERRETT
DOMESTIC ABUSE
JUSTIN
STEWARD
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
KENNETH
STILLWELL
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY BY STRANGULATION
DAVID
STRICKLAND
MANUFACTURE OF CDS
ERIC
THLOCCO
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
AUSTIN
TIGER
BREAKING AND ENTERING
MACIE
VAUGHT
LARCENY OF AUTO, AIRCRAFT
OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE
SARAH
WALLACE
ARSON FIRST DEGREE
CALVIN
WARLEDO
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
TWYN
WARLEDO
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
CODY
WATTERS
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
SHAWN
WEAVER
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
DUANE
WILDCAT
INTOXICATION/ DISORDERLY
CONDUCT/ BURGLARY
STEVEN
WOLF
TRESPASSING
BRIAN
WOLFE
FTA
16 | APRIL 2025