Jury trials scheduled for a Wellston attorney and her reported accomplice on drug related charges and a firearms count have been continued until the fall.
Formal felony charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court Dec. 6, 2022 against Debra Dawn Campbell, 59. The charges include trafficking in illegal drugs, unlawful possession of Controlled Drug with intent to distribute, acquire proceeds from drug activity and possess firearm during commission of a felony.
Three days after Campbell was charged, on Dec. 9, the District Attorney’s Office filed five felonies against Michael Allen Kulp, 40, also of Wellston.
In March of this year, they were bound over to stand trial. During their arraignments on April 4 before Special Judge Emily Mueller, Campbell pleaded not guilty. Kulp also pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Judge Mueller scheduled their trials for 9 a.m. June 5 and set each of them for the felony disposition docket at 9:30 a.m. May 16.
District Judge Traci Soderstrom on May 16 granted motions for continuance. She set their cases for the felony disposition docket on Sep. 26, the jury trial call docket Oct. 16 and jury trials at 9 a.m. Oct. 16. The judge ordered all motions to be filed before Aug. 8 and the status of motions was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Aug. 8.
The judge again has continued their jury trials until the February term. Their cases are set for the felony disposition docket on Jan. 16, 2024, the jury trial call docket Jan. 23, and jury trial at 9 a.m. Feb. 5.
Lincoln County deputies served a search warrant on the attorney’s property and arrested her prior to the formal charges being filed.
Campbell appeared before Associate Judge Sheila Kirk last December who set her bond at $75,000. As a condition of the bond, Campbell is to have an ankle monitor and be on Pre Trial release bond supervision with the Oklahoma Court Services.
A source with the Sheriff’s Office said, “It’s believed they operated in a coordinated effort.”
Count 1 accuses Campbell and Kulp on Dec. 2 of trafficking in illegal drugs by possessing not less than 20 grams of Methamphetamine, a Controlled Dangerous Substance.
They are charged in Count 2 of unlawful possession of CDS with intent to distribute on the same day by possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute.
Count 3 accuses the two of acquiring proceeds from drug activity by receiving or acquiring proceeds and concealing the proceeds and/or engaging in transactions involving proceeds derived from any violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Act.
In Count 4, they allegedly possessed a rifle while in the commission of a felony, trafficking in illegal drugs and/or unlawful possession of a Controlled Drug with intent to distribute.
Count 5 it’s alleged Kulp possessed a firearm at the residence he was residing after Kulp had previously been convicted of a felony in Oklahoma County District Court on Sept. 8, 2022, specifically possession of a stolen vehicle.
In a probable cause affidavit, Lincoln County Investigator Christopher Hyde states he wrote and was granted a search warrant based on information gained through an ongoing investigation on the residence and property located at 329632 E. Oakview Lane in Wellston in Lincoln County known as Campbell’s residence.
He said on that date other investigators and the Lincoln County Special Operations Team executed the search warrant around 4:40 p.m.
As officers approached the residence and knocked on the door, Hyde says he gained visual contact of Campbell through a front window. Initially, she refused to come to the front door and disobeyed orders to open the front door, he noted.
Following numerous verbal commands, Campbell reportedly opened the front door and she was removed from the residence. Capt. Chuck Brewer stood by outside the residence with her, Hyde states, while the entry team cleared all buildings on the property and no other people were located on the property at that time.
Investigator Tanner Hand took photographs of the scene prior to the collection of evidence inside and outside.
Hyde further states an extensive search of all the buildings on the property was conducted by officers.
He reported that inside her bedroom officers located multiple scales, glass smoking devices, multiple plastic bags containing what later tested to be methamphetamine and containers with marijuana inside.
They also located $4,300 $1 bills, 3 $10 bills, 2 $5 bills and 17 more $1 bills. Investigators found four firearms including firearms cases inside the bedroom and closet area. A Henry Lever-Action rifle was found to be chamber loaded and was leaned up against a dresser.
An assortment of drugs was also discovered in other buildings on the property.
Later, Deputy Phil Bennett transported Campbell to the Lincoln County Jail in Chandler