Cody Countz Collision
Cody Michael Countz, 23, of Paden is charged with driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, driving without a valid driver’s license and reckless driving.
According to the affidavit filed by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Adam Post, Post was notified of a single vehicle rollover collision on US-62 just west of South 3510 Road, on Nov. 20.
When he arrived on the scene, Post located a dark blue and silver 1994 Chevy Suburban that departed the roadway to the right and rolled approximately five times, according to the affidavit.
Witnesses Kevin Bryant and Kevin Bryant II said the suburban passed them at a high rate of speed in a no passing zone. Shortly after being passed, they observed the vehicle rolling into the trees, according to the affidavit.
According to the affidavit, the witnesses stopped to help and found Countz completely ejected from the car and smelling of alcohol.
Countz was transported to OU Medical Center for treatment for a broken femur and injuries to his pelvis.
Trooper Jason Owens arrived at OU Medical Center where Countz admitted to drinking vodka before the collision. According to the affidavit, Countz said he “liked going fast and getting sideways.”
According to supplemental information filed by District Attorney Allan Grubb, Countz was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in January of 2019 and had a year deferred.
Countz’s initial appearance is set for Mar. 9 at 1:00 p.m.
Methamphetamine usage while pregnant
Two women, in unrelated cases, are being charged for taking methamphetamines while being pregnant.
Leticia Marie Bearden, 23, and Brittany Anissa Culberson, 28, of Prague were both charged with delivery of controlled dangerous substance.
Thursday, Nov. 21, Investigator Ben Henderson met with Department of Human Services supervisor Danyele Jeffries regarding a newborn she was going to remove from Bearden at the Stillwater Medical Center, according to the affidavit filed by Henderson.
According to the affidavit, Jeffries explained that both Bearden and the baby tested positive for methamphetamines in their system through a urine analysis.
Jeffries told Investigator Henderson that Bearden told her she had been using methamphetamines prior to and during her pregnancy, according to the affidavit. Friday, Dec. 6, Investigator Henderson received an email from DHS with the results
Friday, Dec. 6, Investigator Henderson received an email from DHS with the results from a Cord Blood Test. According to the affidavit, “the results indicated the U-cord tested positive for methamphetamines and amphetamines which indicate Leticia had used illegal narcotics recently and during her pregnancy.”
Bearden had her initial appearance in court Jan. 30 and will be back in court for her pre-preliminary hearing Apr. 2 at 1:30 p.m.
A few days later on Nov. 25, Investigator Henderson was contacted regarding another woman, Culberson, who gave birth to a child that tested positive for methamphetamine at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Shawnee.
According to the affidavit filed by Henderson, Jeffries told him that both the mother and father have a history of illegal drug abuse including the use of marijuana, methamphetamines and heroin.
Henderson received a report from DHS case worker Emily Younger that indicated Culberson had no prenatal care during the course of her pregnancy, according to the affidavit.
Wednesday, Dec. 4, Investigator Henderson received an email from Younger with the results that said the umbilical cord blood tested positive for methamphetamine and amphetamine, indicating she had used the illegal drugs during her pregnancy, according to the affidavit.
Culberson had her initial appearance Jan. 30 nad will have her arraignment Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m.
Smiths charged with stealing
April Sunshine Smith, 37, and Kevin Allen Smith, 41, of Chandler were charged with knowingly receiving or concealing stolen property.
According to the affidavit filed by Chandler Police Officer Chris Hawkins, Karmon Cox returned to her property and residence that she uses as a storage unit on Dec. 20. Upon arrival, Cox noticed the front and back door and bedroom window were all unlocked. The neighbors, April and Kevin, admitted taking several lawn items, gave them back and denied taking anything from inside the house, according to the affidavit.
Two days later, Officer Dax Phipps and Lieutenant James Wells responded to Kevin and April’s house regarding a disturbance call involving the Smiths and Cox.
According to the affidavit, some of the missing items from Cox’s house were recovered on the back porch of the Smith’s house, items including 100 DVDs, a glider, a cougar figurine, and more.
According to the affidavit, Cox said “the police had to leave on another call and after they were gone April Smith told her husband Kevin Smith to stop giving Mrs. Cox the stuff and to get back inside the house.”
Cox believed more of her stolen property was inside their house, items including a microwave stand, a flat screen tv, first generation Xbox with controllers, gargoyle figurines, a dragon storm tornado globe, and much more, according to the affidavit.
With a written search warrant in hand, Officer Hawkins and Officer Tammi Batman went to the Smith residence Friday, Jan. 3, to look for the remaining stolen property, according to the affidavit. After knocking three times and announcing the police department search warrant, Officer Hawkins kicked in the front door, according to the affidavit. Cox met the officers to recover her stolen property.
According to the affidavit, 60 items were recovered and found throughout the inside of the house, under the back porch and around the backyard, which totaled to $5,000 worth of stolen property.
The Smiths’ next court appearance is set for Feb. 24 at 1 p.m.
Stabbing in Prague
Henry Moreno Oliver Jr., 59, of Prague was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon.
According to the affidavit filed by Detective Larry Stover with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Kevin Roe was dispatched on a call received from Phillip Oliver who reported that his brother, Henry Oliver Jr. had stabbed him in the chest, Saturday, Dec. 21.
Before Deputy Roe arrived on the scene, Henry Oliver Jr. and Henry Oliver Sr. had left the scene in a 2009 Honda Civic. When Deputy Roe arrived, medical services were on the scene. According to the affidavit, Phillip had a wound to his left side of his chest that was consistent with a knife stabbing.
Phillip said Henry Jr. had stabbed him after they had gotten into an argument. Before he could say anything more medical service transported him.
Detective Larry Stover arrived on the scene and talked to Floyd Thompson, neighbor and overseer of the property, regarding the events that took place.
According to the affidavit, Thompson said everything seemed fine when he was at the residence at 6:00 p.m. However, at 8:00 p.m., Thompson received a call from Phillip stating he had just been stabbed by Henry Jr.
When asked where Henry Jr. and Sr. could have gone, Thompson said they were at Steven McCoy’s house in Newalla, Ok.
According to the affidavit, Detective Stover received a search warrant of the house to search for evidence. Stover located blood patterns on the threshold of the front doorway.
Stover called and talked to Phillip on the phone. According to the affidavit, Phillip told Stover that he and Henry Jr. got in an argument regarding they way Henry Jr. was abusing their father. Phillip said the argument got heated and Henry Jr. began making threats.
According to the affidavit, “Phillip said Henry Jr. pulled out a knife and told him he was going to kill him, then Henry stabbed him in the chest.”
Phillip said he thought Henry Jr. was headed to McCoy’s house. Stover requested the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office’s assistance in locating and detaining Henry Jr. and Sr. at the Newalla address, according to the affidavit.
Later that evening, Stover was informed that they had them detained.
Officer Tony Long retrieved Henry Jr. and Sr. and transported them to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
According to the affidavit, Henry Jr. was booked into Lincoln County Jail with a bond set at $15,000 and no contact with the victim.
The arraignment for Henry Jr. is set for Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m.
Disturbance with a metal pipe
Jay Eric Trenary, 49, of Wellston was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and molesting an automobile.
According to the affidavit filed by Officer Calvin Davidson from the Wellston Police Department, Officer Davidson was dispatched on a disturbance call inside Wellston city limits, Sunday, Dec. 22. When he arrived on the scene, he talked with Jimmy Gent who stated he was inside his daughter’s house when he heard a commotion going on outside. He went outside to investigate and saw Trenary threatening three people with a metal pipe. When Gent tried to calm the situation down, Trenary started threatening him, according to the affidavit.
Officer Davidson also talked with Travis Bailey, who lives on the other side of the duplex of Trenary. Bailey said his two friends, Ted Durr and Cole Hendricks, were leaving the property when he heard shouting outside. According to the affidavit, Bailey went outside and witnessed Trenary threatening Durr and Hendricks with a metal pipe and swinging the metal pipe at Gent.
Officer Davidson also spoke with Hendricks who said he witnessed Trenary hit Durr in the stomach with the pipe, according to the affidavit.
According to the affidavit, as Durr and Hendricks were trying to leave, they witnessed Trenary hit the front passenger door of Hendricks’ blue Saturn Vue with the metal pipe.
Trenary filed his bond in the amount of $10,000 and will be back in court Mar. 5 at 1:30 p.m.
Rogers charged with grand larceny
Robert Warren Rogers, 80, of Oklahoma City was charged with grand larceny for the attempted theft of car parts worth $2,000, according to the affidavit filed by Prague Police Officer Jason Spearman.
Sunday, Jan. 5, Officer Spearman was dispatched to Remples Rock-N-Ready Mix where business owners had detained a man for theft. When he arrived on the scene Sargent Berl Stinson was there and advised him to take Rogers into Custody, according to the affidavit.
With Rogers in custody, Officer Spearman began speaking to the business owners to see what happened. According to the affidavit, Leon Rempel, Steven Rempel and Michael Rempel all witnessed two men loading up five aluminum wheels, one fuel aluminum tank and an aluminum deck plate into the bed of a truck.
With #15012Rogers in custody, Officer Spearman began speaking to the business owners to see what happened. According to the affidavit, Leon Rempel, Steven Rempel and Michael Rempel all witnessed two men loading up five aluminum wheels, one fuel aluminum tank and an aluminum deck plate into the bed of a truck.
Leon and Steven Remple told Officer Spearman that the wheels are worth $300 a piece, the fuel tank is worth $250 and the deck plate is worth $150.
Once Rogers was booked into Prague City Jail, Officer Spearman conducted an interview. According to the affidavit, Rogers told Officer Spearman that he had seen the car parts behind the store last week. When he drove by and saw the parts were still there, he began loading them up to sell for cash.
Rogers filed his $3,000 bond and will be back in court Mar. 9 at 1 p.m.
Fullington charged with a felony
Ryan Matthew Fullington, 31, was charged with knowingly receiving or concealing stolen property and threatening to perform an act of violence.
According to the affidavit filed by Chandler Police Officer Chris Hawkins, Officer Hawkins and Officer Brent Berry were dispatched to On The Way Convenience store on Jan. 2. The clerk had called because a suspicious white male had been sitting in a 2018 black Chevy Malibu at the pumps for a long time and she was beginning to feel uneasy. Officers approached Fullington to see if he needed help.
According to the affidavit, Fullington didn’t have a valid driver’s license, and when asked about the car, Fullington said said it belonged to his sister but he did not know her name.
After a pat search for weapons, Officers found drug paraphernalia in his jacket pocket, according to the affidavit.
The vehicle had a paper tag, but the contract of the purchase was in the glove box. The owner of the vehicle was Bobbie Comstock in Tulsa, according to the affidavit.
Fullington was taken into custody on a 72 hour investigative hold to see if he had permission to use the vehicle. According to the affidavit, while he was being dressed out by the jailer, Brandon Jackson, Fullington threatened to punch him in the mouth and shoot him like he was going to shoot the cops.
Fullington had his pre-preliminary hearing Thursday, Jan. 30, his arraignment is set for Feb. 18 at 9:30 a.m.
Shults intoxicated stabbing
Catherine Lee Shults, 36, of Wellston was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
According to the affidavit filed by Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Larry Stover Jr., Deputy Stover was dispatched on a stabbing call.
Adam Rowland had been sleeping in a hammock in the woods when Shults came out to ask him for weed, to which Rowland told her there was weed she could smoke in the house. Shults cut down the hammock and began stabbing him in the thigh with a knife, according to the affidavit.
Deputy Stover arrived at Rowland’s location and saw he had injuries on his face, neck and thigh. After a failed attempt at getting Shults to open the door, Rowland gave Deputy Stover and Sargent Hand a key to the house Shults was in and gave them permission to go inside, according to the affidavit.
Shults, who was heavily intoxicated, had put a chain on the door and said she was not going to speak with them. She then shut the door and pushed against it, according to the affidavit. Deputy Stover forced the door open and arrested Shults.
Shults had her initial appearing last week and will be back in court Thursday, Feb. 20 at 1:30 p.m.
Blair accused of driving post blunt
Emily Chantalle Blair, 30, of Shawnee was charged with driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and drugs.
According to the affidavit filed by Meeker Police Officer Wade South, Blair ran the stop sign without slowing down at Dawson and Carl Hubbell within the Town of Meeker.
Officer South pulled Blair over and could smell alcohol, so he conducted the Standardized Field Sobriety Test and Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test that Blair agreed with, according to the affidavit.
Blair had her initial appearance Jan. 21 and will be back in court April 20 at 1 p.m.
Freeze found in violation
Ciaran Conaire Freeze, 26, of Stroud is charged with sex offender living within 2,000 feet of a school.
According to the affidavit filed by Stroud Police Officer Christopher Hyde, Officer Hyde was dispatched because a female had questions about her rights as a victim. Officer Hyde met with Caitlyn Freeze who said she had been sexually assaulted by her brother, Ciaran, in the past.
According to the affidavit, Caitlyn said Ciaran was living with their grandmother, Lillian Manning, which was right across the street and she was nervous and afraid that he would attempt to assault her again.
Officer Hyde verified Ciaran’s address on his registration and went to the Manning residence. Upon arrival, Officer Hyde found Ciaran in the living room.
According to the affidavit, Ciaran was arrested for violating the Sex OffenderRegistry Act for living in a house 150 feet from the victim, 480 feet from the child care center located in Stroud First Christian Church and 1,600 feet from the Stroud Alternative Learning Center.
Ciaran’s pre-preliminary hearing is set for Mar. 5 at 1:30 p.m.
Fargis’s failed chase
Michael Lee Fargis, 56, of Stroud was charged with endangering others while attempting to elude a police officer, speeding in excess of lawful maximum limit, driving with license revoked, removing proper or affixing improper license plate, failure to maintain insurance and failure to pay taxes due to the state.
According to the affidavit filed by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Adam Post, Fargis was driving southbound on Highway 18 at 86 mph in a 65 mph zone Sep. 22.
Trooper Post activated his emergency lights, but Fargis kept going. Post then activated his siren, but Fargis kept going, according to the affidavit. Fargis began turning down dirt roads and lead Trooper Post on an approximate 20 minute chase, according to the affidavit. Fargis turned south on South 3410 Road and came to a stop, where he was placed under arrest.
Fargis had his initial appearance Monday, Jan. 13 and will be back in court Apr. 16 at 1:00 p.m.