A Preliminary hearing has been scheduled for aWellston attorney facing five drug related charges who reportedly violated a judge’s order and is now held without bail.
Formal felony charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court Dec. 6 against Debra Dawn Campbell, 59. The original charges included 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.
Special Judge Emily Mueller on Friday, Jan. 6, ordered Campbell to inpatient treatment when a bed is available following a hearing that morning on a motion filed Dec. 22 by the district attorney to revoke Campbell’s bond or in the alternative to strengthen it.
Judge Mueller’s order said that a no bond warrant would be issued if the defendant fails to comply with the order. If Campbell failed to comply with inpatient treatment or leaves treatment early a no bond warrant will be issued immediately, the judge stated in her ruling.
She further ordered Campbell’s curfew would begin at 7 p.m., the judge ordered. She must have a clean drug test prior to appearing in court and she was ordered on a clean start program. The judge’s order further states any further positive tests will result in the defendant’s bond being revoked immediately.
First Assistant District Attorney Adam Kallsnick said Campbell violated that over the weekend immediately following Jan. 6. ShewastakenintocustodyonMonday,Jan. 9, and she was ordered held with no bond.
Lincoln County deputies served a search warrant on the attorney’s property and arrested her prior to the formal charges being filed.
Also,a$75,000warrantwasreturnedand filed for a reported accomplice in the case, Michael Allen Kulp, 40, also of Wellston.
Campbell appeared before Associate Judge Sheila Kirk who set her bond at $75,000. As a condition of the bond, Campbell was have an ankle monitor and be on PreTrial release bond supervision with the Oklahoma Court Services.
Campbell made her initial appearance on Dec. 8 before Special Judge Emily Mueller.
Three days after Campbell was charged, on Dec. 9, the District Attorney’s Office filed five felonies against Kulp, 40, also of Wellston.
Judge Kirk ordered that Kulp’s $75,000 remain as previously set and the matter was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Jan. 19, 2023.
His preliminary hearing now also has been scheduled for 9 a.m. March 17.
On Dec. 9, in a first amended information, the DistrictAttorney’s Office filed the five felonies against them alleging they were acting together.
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.
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.