Pre-preliminary hearings have been scheduled for a Stroud man who faces six felonies filed against him within a two-month period during 2021.
Jeremiah Roy Valenzuela, 38 at the time, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on June 4, 2021 with endeavoring/conspiracy to deliver, manufacture, possess CDS, a felony.
A $15,000 bench warrant was issued for his arrest on the same day the charge was filed. The warrant was later returned and filed.
That was the third case to be filed against him since April 7 last year.
He is accused of conspiring to commit the crime of selling a controlled dangerous substance, Hydrocodone-Acetamineophen, a felony. A $50,000 bond has been set in that case.
Special Judge Emily Mueller had scheduled his hearings in the three cases for 1:30 p.m. Apr. 28. On that date she ordered him to return on June 23.
The judge has now scheduled those hearings for 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 18.
Valenzuela was initially charged with two counts of knowingly receiving or concealing stolen property.
Those formal charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court on April 7.
An $8,000 bond was ordered to remain in effect and he was ordered to reappear on April 19. At that time he was again ordered to reappear on May 20.
In Count 1 against Valenzuela he is accused in concert with one another of concealing a Suzuki 4-wheeler valued at $5,000 that belongs to Jon Yarbrough. The offense allegedly occurred March 6, 2021 in Lincoln County.
Count 2 charged them with being in concert with one another and concealing a Honda Dirt Bike valued at $5,000 that is owned by Jon Yarbrough. That offense happened the same date in Lincoln County, the charge states.
The woman charged in the case later pleaded guilty to one count and drew a suspended sentence and the second count was dismissed against her.
On Apr. 16, 2021 in Lincoln County District Court, Valenzuela was formally charged with three additional felonies stemming from a high speed pursuit with County deputies early the morning of April 8.
The felonies filed against him include eluding/attempting to elude police officer, running a roadblock and unlawful use of a police radio.
The first count charges Valenzuela with increasing his speed to elude Deputy Christopher Hyde, endangering the public on April 8 in Lincoln County.
Count 2 accuses him of running a roadblock by driving around Deputy Kevin Chapman, who had set up a roadblock, by driving through the ditch on the same date.
In Count 3, he allegedly used a police radio by monitoring police frequencies by means of a scanner while committing the felony offense of eluding an officer on the same date.
Associated Judge Sheila Kirk set a $3,000 bond for Valenzuela and he made his initial appearance on these charges Apr. 19, 2021. He was ordered to reappear at 1:30 p.m. on May 20 of last year.
Prosecutors filed supplemental information in the case showing that Valenzuela was convicted on Oct. 20, 2008 in Tulsa County District Court with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and sentenced to two years in the custody of the Department of Corrections.
He also was convicted on Dec. 2, 2014, in Lincoln County District Court, of Actual Physical Control of a Vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, a felony, and sentenced to seven years in the custody of DOC.
On June 8, 2017, he was convicted in Oklahoma County District Court of Domestic Assault and Battery by Strangulation, a felony, and handed a two-year prison sentence in the custody of DOC.