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POTTAWATOMIE, SEMINOLE, HUGHES, PONTOTOC, JOHNSTON
2 | FEBRUARY 2025 POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
SHANE
AARON II
POSS STOLEN PROPERTY
AMELIA
ACOSTA
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
KALVIN
ALDERMAN
DUS
JAMES
ALLEN
GRAND LARCENY IN HOUSE OR
VESSEL
JEFFERY
ANDERSON
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
SHAQUAN
ARNOLD
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
ANDREW
ASPEN
BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE
DIXON
BATES
DOMESTIC A&B/ ASSAULT ON A
POLICE OFFICER
MATTHAIS
BEGAY
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
BRENDEN
BEGGS
FTA FAILURE TO PAY TAXES DUE
STATE
JOSEPH
BENDER
DUI/ ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE
OFFICER
MICHAEL
BENHAM
A&B W/DEADLY WEAPON/ POSS
OF STOLEN VEHICLE/ ELUDING
JESSICA
BERRY
FALSE DECLARATION OF
OWNERSHIP IN PAWN
TYLOR
BLACKWELL
FTA NO MANDATORY
INSURANCE
TYLOR
BLASSINGAME
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
DESTINY
BLAYLOCK
TRESPASSING/ OBSTRUCTING /
INTERFERING WITH OFFICER
JACOB
BLAZER
FTA
JADON
BOSWELL
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
ROBERT
BRANNON
FTA NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
CODY
BRASHEARS
FTA FAIL TO REGISTER VEHICLE
W/IN 30 DAYS OF PURCHASE
NATHAN
BREAZEALE
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
ANGELA
BRECHEEN
FTA FALSE PRET OR BOGUS
CHECK OR CON GAME
JOSEPH
BRIONES
FTA FAILURE TO PAY TAXES DUE
STATE
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY 3 | FEBRUARY 2025
HEAVY METAL
Two people were taken into custody after two
observant deputies questioned a woman about
the amount of scrap metal loaded onto her vehicle.
According to a press release by the PCSO,
on January 22, 2025, while patrolling the area of
Okay Rd and Willow View Rd, Deputy Browning
and Sergeant Davis observed a vehicle parked on
the side of the road with an overloaded bed of
scrap metal. The driver, identified as Brittney Filippo, gave a suspicious explanation for her presence in the area, prompting further investigation.
Believing another individual might be involved,
the deputies, with the assistance of Deputy
Warren, searched a nearby property. During the
search, they discovered Shane Aaron hiding on
the premises.
Through interviews, it was determined that the
two individuals had been at the property stealing
scrap metal from buildings. Both Brittney Filippo
and Shane Aaron were taken into custody and are
facing charges related to the theft.
If you have observed scrap metal missing from
your property or have any information related to this incident or similar activity,
please contact Central Dispatch at (405) 878-8759.
KAVONDRICK
BUCKHANAN
ATA CONSPIRACY
RYAN
BURCHETT
TRESPASSING
AUSTIN
BURKS
REC/POSS/CONC STOLEN
VEHICLE
ELAINE
BURNS-WEITZ
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CREDIT
CARD
SHEILA
BURROWS
FTA UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
PARAPHERNALIA
RODDY
CAMP
VERBAL/WRITTEN ASSAULT
WILLIAM
CAMPBELL
DUI/ CARRYING FIREARMS
WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE
BOBBY
CARR
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
DON
CASH
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
ESTEE
CERVANTES
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
VALERIE
CHEATHAM-TARANOVICH
FALSE PRET OR BOGUS CHECK
OR CON GAME
REGINA
CLABORN
PROTECTIVE ORDER VIOLATION
ETHEN
CLARK
MTR ASSAULT & BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER
TRACY
COLE
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
DAVID
COLLINS, JR.
BURGLARY - FIRST DEGREE
DESMOND
COOPER
MTR CARRY OR POSSESS
FIREARM BY CONVICTED FELON
DALTON
CRARY
MTR REC/POSS/CONC STOLEN
PROPERTY
LIONEL
DAN
DUS
HOUSTON
DAVIS
FTA POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
KATIE
DAVIS
DISTURBING THE PEACE / DRUNK
DISORDERLY
FARON
DOCKREY
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
ASHLEY
DOSSEY
POSS OF MARIJUANA
JEREMY
ELLIS
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
LISA
ELLIS
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
FREDDIE
ERNST, JR.
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
BODEVIN
EZELL
RAPE - FIRST DEGREE/ DOM A&B
IN PRES OF MINOR
EDNA
FARR
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
BRITTANY
FILIPPO
POSS STOLEN PROPERTY
AVERY
FORD
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
AUBREY
FRITZ
DUI/ LEAVING SCENE OF
ACCIDENT INVOLVING DAMAGE
JOVANNI
GARCIA
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
JAVION
GENTZLER
A&B ON CORRECTIONS, DHS,
OJA EMPLOYEES
4 | FEBRUARY 2025 POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
ZACKERY
GERMAN
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
BRIAN
GILLEY
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
JORDAN
GLEASON
DOMESTIC ABUSE WITH PRIOR
PATTERN OF PHYSICAL ABUSE
SHASTA
GLENN
FTA AGGRAVATED TRAFFICKING
OF ILLEGAL DRUGS
THOMAS
GOODMAN
DUI
JOSHUA
GORUM
MTR POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
ROBERT
GRAHAM
PROTECTIVE ORDER VIOLATION
MELISSA
GREEN
MTR POSSESSION OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
ERIC
GROVES
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
NOAH
HAGGARD
FTA TRESPASSING
LILLIAN
HAIL
FTA NO MANDATORY
INSURANCE
SEKOPE
HALEY
LEWD OR INDECENT PROPOSALS
OR ACTS TO CHILD
JUSTIN
HALL
FTA POSSESSION SAWED-OFF
SHOTGUN/RIFLE
SARAH
HALL
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY BY STRANGULATION
CHRISTOPER
HAND
FTA LARCENY OF MERCH FROM
RETAILER
CHANDRA
HARDY
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
LOGAN
HARDY
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
AUTUMN
HARJO
FTA ASSAULT &/OR BATT ON
EMERGENCY MED TECH
JEFFERY
HARJO
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
RUSSELL
HARJO
TRESPASSING AFTER BEING
FORBIDDEN
JOHNNY
HARVEY
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
HAYLEE
HASTINGS
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR/ CHILD ABUSE
DAVID
HEDLER
DUS
JOSEPH
HEDLER
ATA POSSESSION OF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
STEWART
HENSE
FTA DIST OF CONTROLLED SUB
-INCL POSS W/ INTENT
MICHAEL
HERNANDEZ
FTA UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
FRANCISCO
HERRERA
ROBBERY BY FORCE OR FEAR
BRENDA
HILL
FTA CHILD NEGLECT
PAUL
HILL
MTR DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
BRIAN
HILL, JR.
MTR
KIDNAPPING/EMBEZZLEMENT
GERALD
HOLLOWAY
FTA DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRES
OF MINOR/ CHILD ABUSE
LEE
HUBBELL
FTA PETTY LARCENY
BRADFORD
HUNDLEY
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
JOSEPH
ISAACS
VPO/ BURGLARY - SECOND
DEGREE
CODY
JACKSON
FTA DUI - LIQUOR OR
DRUGS/APCV
BRIAN
JIM
HERSCHEL
JOHNSON
FTA DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED
JOSHUA
JOHNSON
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
REFORD
JOHNSON
PETTY LARCENY
STEVEN
JONES
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
TIMOTHY
JUSTICE
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
HAROLD
KASECA
FTA DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
CHEYENNE
KASKASKE
FTA ASSAULT AND BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER
GEOFFREY
KENNEDY
MTR REC/POSS/CONC STOLEN
VEHICLE
SHAVORYEA
KENNEDY-HARRIS
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY BY STRANGULATION
JESSE
KISOR
BREAKING AND ENTERING
STACY
KOVAL-COLLINS
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
JESSE
LESTER
FTA CHILD NEGLECT
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY 5 | FEBRUARY 2025
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.
JUSTIN
LEWIS
FTA DUS
BOBBY
LONELODGE
TRESPASSING AFTER BEING
FORBIDDEN
GEORGE
MAREZ
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
TAMISHA
MARTIN
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
TEWA
MARTINEZ
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
ASHLEE
MCFERRIN
FTA FAILURE TO PAY TAXES DUE
STATE
ZEAREC
MCGREW
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
ANDREW
MEYER
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF CREDIT
CARD
REO
MILLIGAN
TRESPASSING
APRIL
MONDAY
FLIGHT TO AVOID
SHERRY
MOORE
FALSE DECLARATION OF
OWNERSHIP IN PAWN
SONYA
MOORE
MTR ASSAULT & BATTERY ON
POLICE OFFICER
MANDY
MURRY
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
VICTORIA
NEUGENT
DUS
THANH
NHAN
FTA ASSAULT & BATTERY/
DESTROY PRIVATE PROPERTY
MARK
NORTHCUTT
ATA ASSAULT & BATTERY
W/DANGEROUS WEAPON
PAUL
PACHECO
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
KOBIE
PEACOCK
LEAVING SCENE OF ACCIDENT
INVOLVING DAMAGE
JEREMY
PELTIER
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
RODOLFO
PEREZ
REC/POSS/TRANSP STOLEN
COPPER
AVION
PIGGIE
BURGLARY THIRD DEGREE
DENNIS
PLEETS
FTA CARRY OR POSSESS
FIREARM BY CONVICTED FELON
RALPH
RAGSDALE
TRESPASSING AFTER BEING
FORBIDDEN
KENNETH
RAY
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
RAYVEN
REDWINE
FTA DUI - LIQUOR OR
DRUGS/APCV
DAVID
RICHARDSON
LARCENY OF MERCH FROM
RETAILER
JOSHUA
RICHARDSON
LEWD OR INDECENT PROPOSALS
OR ACTS TO CHILD
AUBREY
RICKETTS
DUI/ MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PROPERTY OVER $2500
FREDRICK
RIDGEL
ASSAULT & BATTERY
W/DANGEROUS WEAPON
TYUS
ROBERTS
CARRYING FIREARMS WHILE
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
KASEN
ROGERS
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
CHRISTINA
ROUBIDEUX
FTA TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL
DRUGS
JOHN
ROWE
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
HARLAN
SAM
ASSAULT &/OR BATTERY W/
DEADLY WEAPON
DAVID
SANDMANN
BURGLARY - FIRST DEGREE
DUSTIN
SAUNDERS
FTA DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
6 | FEBRUARY 2025 POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
JOHNNY
SCAREBROOK
PROTECTIVE ORDER VIOLATION
TOSHA
SCOTT
REC/POSS/TRANSP STOLEN
COPPER
KOLBY
SHADARAM
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
JOEY
SHEFFIELD
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
TERRENCE
SHELBY
OBTAINING MONEY, PROPERTY
OR SIGN UNDER FALSE PRET
ROBERT
SHINN
POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND
IN A PENAL INSTITUTION
WILLIAM
SIGLER
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
TIMOTHY
SIMPSON
MTR DIST OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, POSS W/INTENT
CALEB
SMITH
BURGLARY THIRD DEGREE
EMYLEE
SMITH
EMBEZZLEMENT
KRISTI
SMITH
FTA CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A
FELONY
RICKY
SMITH, JR.
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF
PARAPHERNALIA
ANDREW
SPORE
FTA AGGRAVATED TRAFFICKING
OF ILLEGAL DRUGS
JOSHUA
STAFFORD
POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND
IN A PENAL INSTITUTION
SHELLY
STANTON
FTA BURGLARY - SECOND
DEGREE
CHRISTOPHER
STEVENS
CALLING 911 WITH FALSE
ALARM
TERRY
STEVENSON
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
JODIE
STRONG
MTR DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY BY STRANGULATION
JESSICA
SWITCH
FTA NO DRIVER'S LICENSE
HALEY
THATCHER
EMBEZZLEMENT
MONTOYA
THOMAS
ASSAULT & BATTERY
W/DANGEROUS WEAPON
RACHEL
THORPE
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
BRET
TIGER
FTA DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
CHARLES
TIGER, SR.
REC/POSS/CONC STOLEN
PROPERTY
JASON
TIMBERLAKE
BURGLARY - SECOND DEGREE
CHRISTOPHER
TORRES
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
DANH
TRAN
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
ZOE
TRIPP
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
PAUL
TURNER, JR.
DUI
KARINA
VAN ALLER
DRIVING W/ LICENSE
CANC/SUSP/REVOKED
EVODEO
VENEGAS-HERNANDEZ
FLIGHT TO AVOID
JACOB
VOGT
FTA LARCENY
JOHN
WALLACE
ASSAULT AND BATTERY WITH
DEADLY WEAPON
CINDY
WALTERS
ASSAULT AND BATTERY
BRIAN
WASHINGTON
PETTY LARCENY
CONNOR
WELLS
FTA IMPROPER DRIVING
JADEN
WILSON
CARRY OR POSSESS FIREARM
BY CONVICTED FELON
PATRICK
WOLF
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
DANIELLE
WOODIE
FTA ABANDONMENT OF
DOMESTIC ANIMAL ON ROAD
AMANDA
WORLEY
FTA FALSE PRET OR BOGUS
CHECK OR CON GAME
SHEILA
WREN
POSS OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
TARA
YAHOLA
DUI - LIQUOR OR DRUGS/APCV
HOWARD
YANCEY
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
NOKOCHA
YATES
DOMESTIC A&B AGAINST A
PREGNANT WOMAN
SONI
YELLOWFOX
DESTROYING PRIVATE
PROPERTY
PHILLIP
YOUNGER
FTA NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty 7 | FEBRUARY 2025 JOHNSTON COUNTY
MAN FROM MANNSVILLE
A Mannsville man was taken into custody in late December after he allegedly tried to burglarize a home and
then ran from deputies.
Christopher William-Lee Morris, 34, was charged
January 3 with attempted burglary, endangering others
while attempting to elude police officer, and threatening
an act of violence, in Johnston County District Court.
Johnston County Sheriff Gary W. Dodd said in a press
release that on the evening of December 29, at approximately 2:20 p.m., the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office received a call of an attempted burglary in progress in the Town of Mannsville. Deputies arrived quickly, however, the suspect
had fled from the scene.
Deputies then located a vehicle matching the description of the one the suspect was
driving and attempted a traffic stop on State Highway 199. The suspect refused to pull over
and a pursuit was initiated.
As the pursuit continued south into Marshall County, the Johnston County Sheriff’s 911
Dispatch alerted Marshall County, which started Marshall County Deputies and Madill Police Officers to assist. The suspect led JCSO Deputies south into the City of Madill where
Marshall County Deputies and Madill Police joined the pursuit. The suspect turned west on
US 70, continuing to put the motoring public in danger.
The pursuit continued west on US 70 for several more miles where a Marshall County
Deputy deployed spike strips at US 70 and Cedar Hill Rd. The suspect avoided the spikes,
but a short time later was pulled over and he exited his vehicle yelling for Deputies to kill
him. Deputies and Officers continued to give the suspect verbal commands to get on the
ground, which he refused. A JPX less than lethal device was deployed and Deputies went
hands on with the suspect. He was taking into custody without further incident.
Great work by Johnston County Deputies Austin Davis and Damon Slabaugh, and to
our partners with the Marshall County Sheriff’s and Madill
Police Department. Outstanding teamwork!!!
The suspect, Christopher Morris, was booked into the
Johnston County Jail for attempted burglary, eluding,
threatening acts of violence, malicious injury to property,
and transporting an open container.
“We will chase you, we will catch you, we will jail you,
and our District Attorney’s Office here in Johnston County
will prosecute you,” warned Sheriff Dodd. “We are relentless in protecting our citizens, and our communities. Also,
our teamwork and communication between law
enforcement here in the
Texoma area is amazing.”
Bond was set at
$75,000 and he was ordered to next appear in
court on February 10.
JAMIE
ALEXANDER
DUID
JOSE
ARMANDO
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
COLLIN
BEAUDIN
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
CLINTON
BIVINGS
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
TONEE
BOLES
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
ANDREW
BURTON
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
MIRANDA
BYERS
POSS OF CDS (METH)
RITCHIE
CRANMORE
POSS OF CDS (METH)
JAYDEN
DUNCAN
DOMESTIC A&B IN PRESENCE OF
A MINOR
JESSIE
EASLEY
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
JONATHAN
EASTERWOOD
AGGRAVATED DUI
JACOB
EDWARDS
DUID/ POSS OF CDS
ALEX
FOSTER
APC 2ND / SUB.
DANNY
FURR
DUI
CHRISTOPHER
HAMILTON
DUI
KEITH
LEO
DOMESTIC ABUSE IN PRESENCE
OF MINOR
JOSEPH
MELENDEZ
PUBLIC INTOX/ MALICIOUS
INJURY TO PROPERTY
JEREMY
MILLER
POSS OF CDS (METH)
CHRISTOPHER
MORRIS
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
SHANE
OLIGER
DOMESTIC A&B RESULTING IN
GREAT BODILY HARM
RICHARD
PORTER
UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A
VEHICLE
RICKY
POSEY
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
SESILEY
ROBERTSON
DUI 2ND/ THREATEN TO
PREFORM ACTS OF VIOLENCE
ANDREW
RODRIGUEZ
FTA
JOSHUA
STEWART
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
GEOFFREY
THURMAN
DUID/ POSS OF CDS (METH)
SCOTT
WIGINGTON
THREATEN TO PERFORM ACT OF
VIOLENCE
GARLEN
WILSON
DUI
8 | FEBRUARY 2025 HUGHES COUNTY Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty
MODERN DAY RUSTLER
A 60-year-old Stuart man was arrested early
last month or unlawfully selling cattle owned by
his employer.
Darrel Bernard Morris, 61, was charged January 21 with felony larceny of domestic animals/
implements of husbandry, in Hughes County
District Court.
According to a Texas & Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Association press release, the investigation began in December 2024
after Special Ranger Cody Hyde received evidence and witness statements
indicating that Morris, the manager of a ranch in Hughes County, had stolen
83 yearling cattle between January 2023 and December 2024 from the ranch.
According to the investigation, Morris transported the stolen cattle to several livestock auctions, where he sold them for more than $108,000.
Morris was arrested at his residence on felony charges.
Morris is scheduled to next appear in court on March 4 for a status conference; bond information was not available at press time.
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!!
DAVID
ASHLEY
OBSCENE, THREATENING OR
HARASSING PHONE CALL
JOHN
BEVAN
OBTAINING MONEY, PROPERTY
OR SIGN UNDER FALSE PRET
ANTONIO
BORREGO
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
GERALYN
COLLINS
RECEIVE, POSSESS, SELL OR
DISPOSE OF STOLEN VESSEL
JEFFERY
CROWELL
RAPE BY INSTRUMENTATION/
RAPE SECOND DEGREE
TERRY
FAULKNER
TRESPASSING AFTER BEING
FORBIDDEN
BRIAN
FEARN
ASSAULT
ALICE
GRACEY
CARRY WEAPON, DRUGS OR
ALCOHOL INTO JAIL
CHRISTOPHER
HUTCHISON
PETIT LARCENY
RYAN
JACOBS
PROTECTIVE ORDER VIOLATION
TAWANNA
JONES
DUI/ POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT
TAX STAMP
ROBERT
MERRIMAN
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
DARRELL
MORRIS
LARCENY OF LIVESTOCK
SETH
PARKER
APC
GREG
REDDING
TRESPASSING AFTER BEING
FORBIDDEN
BRETT
STAPP
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
TRISTAN
WILLIAMS
DUI
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty 9 | FEBRUARY 2025 SEMINOLE COUNTY
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
ANDREWS
RECEIVE, POSSESS OR CONCEAL
STOLEN PROPERTY
JOSEPH
BALL
MALICIOUS INJURY OR
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
GABRIEL
BLACKSHEAR
DUI/ ATTEMPTS TO ELUDE
OFFICERS
CATHY
BLACKSHIRE
DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED
JESSIE
BREGER
ELUDING/ DRIVING W/LICENSE
CANC, SUSP OR REVOKED
BENITO
BRUNER
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
DESTINIE
BURLESON
DUI
DANIEL
CARR
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
AIA
CASEY
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
RUSSELL
CHEWEY
MAINTAIN PUBLIC NUISANCE
STEVEN
CLABORN
AGGRAVATED DUI
JAMES
CRAIGHEAD, JR.
RECEIVE, POSSESS, CONCEAL
STOLEN VEHICLE
JEFFERY
CROWELL
RAPE FIRST DEGREE
DEVIN
CUMMINGS
BURGLARY SECOND DEGREE
ASHLEY
DANIELS
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
HOUSTON
DAVIS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
JESSICA
DOBSON
FTA POSSESSION OF CDS
AMY
DYE
FALSE DECLARATION OF
OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP
TRAVIS
ESTEP
POSSESSION OF METH
DANNY
FAULKNER
DEFAULT ON CONTRACT
BRIAN
FEARN
ASSAULT
COURTNEY
FREEZE
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
ADOLPH
GARFIELD
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
LATOSHA
GOKEY
PETIT LARCENY/ DISTURBING
THE PEACE
ALICE
GRACEY
TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS
STEVEN
GREEN
NO VALID DRIVERS LICENSE
ALICIA
HARJO
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
GRANT
HARJO
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
JONI
HARJO
PUBLIC INTOXICATION/
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
PETER
HARJO
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
ROY
HARJO
INTOXICATION
RACHEL
HARRISON
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
10 | FEBRUARY 2025 Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty SEMINOLE COUNTY
AFTER MIDNIGHT
A 33-year-old Sasakwa man was locked up after he allegedly went through a vehicle on a couple’s property on
January 1.
According to the probable cause affidavit, a Seminole
County deputy was dispatched to a residence on NS 3650
at approximately 12:33 a.m. to investigate a burglary in
progress. When he arrived at the location, a couple told
him they received a camera notification and saw someone
in their yard. A man identified the suspect as Cody Dale Watters. The couple also said
Watters took off down EW 1360 Road through the woods.
The deputy grabbed his rifle and saw the outline of a figure at the intersection of EW
1360 and NS 3650 Road. He told the figure, “Sheriff’s Office. Show me your hands and
drop your bags, then lay face down on the ground.”
The deputy detained the man and put him in the patrol vehicle.
The couple told the deputy they saw Watters look through the crack of the shop doors.
He also walked around the property and opened the driver’s side door of a truck, but
nothing was missing from the vehicle.
The deputy looked through Watters’s bags and found a pill bottle containing a crushed
pink powdery substance. He also found tin foil with a clear straw and unidentified substance inside and a cut orange straw that was melted on both sides. The deputy also
saw two grinders and a green leafy substance that was in a marijuana dispensary bottle.
There were multiple cell phones and an Apple watch in the bags.
The deputy asked Watters why he was at the residence. Watters said he and his girlfriend got into an argument, so he got out of the vehicle on Highway 56 and walked to
the residence. He said he walked around the property and got into the couple’s truck to
get out of the wind. When the deputy asked about the cell phones, Watters said he was
going to take all of them to make one watch.
Watters is being charged with attempted burglary in the third degree and unlawful
possession of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $10,000, and he is scheduled to
appear in court on February 6, 2025. LILLY
HART
CHILD ENDANGERMENT
WILLIAM
HAYNES
OBSTRUCTION OF
INVESTIGATION
AUSTIN
HENSON
DUI
AUSTIN
HILTON
FTP
RACHELL
HOBIA
WARRANTS
ZACHERY
HUGHES
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
JOSHUA
HULBUTTA
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
ANITA
HULBUTTA (ROBIDEAU)
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
BRIAN
HUNTLEY
FT DOMESTIC A&B WITH A
DANGEROUS WEAPON
QUINLAN
HUNTLEY
TRESPASSING
WILLIAM
ISAACS
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
TAVON
JAMERSON
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
ALYSA
JULIAN
FTA ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL
KENNETH
KEENER
PROTECTIVE ORDER VIOLATION
JOHNNY
KISER
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
CHARLES
LEE
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
MARQUETHZ
LEE
BURGLARY FIRST DEGREE
DONALD
MASTERSON
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY BY STRANGULATION
MICHAEL
MENDENHALL
COST ARREST WARRANT
STEVEN
MINTER
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
TORI
MITCHELL
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
ANTHONY
ORR
DRIVING WITH LICENSE CANC,
SUSPENDED OR REVOKED
ROBERT
PARKER
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
CHRISTOPHER
PARSONS
FTA
SKYLAR
PATTON
FAIL TO COMPLY WITH
REQUIRED INSURANCE LAW
TONY
PETTIS
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
ETHAN
PHILLIPS
ELUDING POLICE OFFICER
GEORGE
PHILLIPS
DOMESTIC A&B WITH A
DANGEROUS WEAPON
WILLIAM
POHLEMANN
RESIST EXECUTIVE OFFICER/
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
DANNY
PRENTICE
DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND
BATTERY
JEREMY
PUTMAN
POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE
SIMON
RAMSEY
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
GREG
REDDING
UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INTO
PENAL INSTITUTION OR JAIL
SHANNA
RENTON
PROTECTIVE ORDER VIOLATION
BILLY
RICHARDSON
GRAND LARCENY
HALEY
RITTER
LARCENY OF AUTO, AIRCRAFT
OR OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE
Presumed Innocent Until Proven Guilty 11 | FEBRUARY 2025 SEMINOLE COUNTY
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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
MERSAIDES
SCHMIT
BOND REVOKED
ADERIANE
SIMMONS
POINTING FIREARM
MICHAEL
SOUTHERS
FTA
TREY
SPENCER
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
RICHARD
STANLEY
OBSCENE, THREATENING OR
HARASSING PHONE CALL
STIRLING
STICK
FTA KNOWINGLY CONCEALING
STOLEN PROPERTY
AUSTIN
TERRY
DUI: SECOND FELONY OFFENSE
CORBAN
UNDERWOOD
POSSESSION CDS WITHOUT TAX
STAMP
MAGGIE
WARRIOR
DEFECTIVE VEHICLE
CODY
WATTERS
BOND REVOKED
TELIA
WHEELER
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
ISAAC
WOLF
PUBLIC INTOXICATION
TRISTEN
WOLF
PUBLIC INTOXICATION/
RESISTING ARREST
AMANDA
WORLEY
DOG AT LARGE
ZACHARIAH
WURTZ
ASSAULT
12 | FEBRUARY 2025