Three of five defendants arrested and charged following a robbery at a grow house operation in January have entered guilty blind pleas and are awaiting sentencing.
The other two charged at the same time have entered blind guilty pleas and are awaiting sentencing also.
Five others were apprehended and detained by ICE in a related incident.
Arrested and formally charged in Lincoln County District Court on Jan. 29, 2025 are Brian M Diaz-Maisonet, 30, Cheslesa, Mass; Anthony Estrada-Medina, 21, listed as homeless; Reginald Darnell Evans, 37, Charlestown, Mass; Larry Mondale Banks, Jr. 23, Boston, Mass; and Andy Nathaniel Pimentel, 24, Lawrence, Mass.
Each is charged with conspiracy, two counts of first degree burglary, one count of second degree burglary, one count of possessing firearm during commission of a felony and five counts of kidnapping.
Last week, appearing before District Judge Sarah Bridge, Banks, Pimmentel and Medina each entered guilty blind pleas to all 10 counts. She has sentencing for each at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 21, 2025 and she has ordered presentence investigations for each as well.
Evans appeared before Judge Bridge in July and entered guilty blind pleas to all 10 counts. His sentencing in scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Sep. 16 and the judge ordered a pre-sentencing investigation for him.
Diaz-Maisonet appeared before Special Judge Emily Mueller in July, too, and as the results of a plea bargain pleaded guilty and on counts 1 and 5 was given 10 years in the Department of Corrections with all time suspended; on count 4 seven years in DOC with all time suspended; on counts 2 and 6 through 11 20 years in DOC with all time suspended all counts to run concurrent; count 3 was dismissed; he agrees to testify on future proceedings; was fined $100, $100 VCA and he was placed on supervised probation with DOC.
Each first appeared before Judge Mueller on Jan. 27.
At that time, she set bond for each at $250,000. As a condition of bond for each she informed them not to have contact with the alleged victims, to surrender their passports, to consume no drugs or alcohol, to submit to random urinalysis, possess no firearms or weapons.
Lincoln County Sheriff Kevin Garrett confirmed was placed in the Lincoln County Jail.
Garrett explained this investigation began to unfold when a call came in at 1:19 a.m. on Jan. 24 from a male reporting the robbery of a marijuana grow facility at 339414 E. U.S. 62. He said there were five suspects who had tied the hands of all employees.
Garrett stated the suspects were armed.
Responding to the scene, he noted, in addition to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office were the Meeker, Stroud, and Wellston Police Departments, the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, the Iowa, Kickapoo, Absentee Shawnee, Citizen Band Potawatomi and Sac and Fox Tribes.
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics had a dog handler, and Lincoln and Pottawatomie County Emergency Management provided drones, he stated.
Garrett said one of the suspects was arrested immediately and the other four fled on foot. A perimeter was set up from 3390 Road, 1030 Road, 3400 Road and U.S. 62 going east from U.S. 177 on U.S. 62 for about a mile.
“We located all four and by 5:30 a.m. we had everyone located.” he said.
He said the next morning the OBN did an inspection by search warrant and the DEQ also was involved in the inspection.
The sheriff said that on Thursday, Feb. 27, the OBN did a second search warrant and his office assisted with that.
“We confiscated over 20,000 plants and 80 pounds of cultivated marijuana. ICE detailed and took away five suspects that were on the property. District 3 County Commissioner Lee Doolen provided three dump trucks to haul away the plants and they were destroyed,” he said.
Garrett added and stressed, “The key to all of this was the cooperation from all the various various agencies.”