(Stillwater, Okla.) – A Cushing woman, who was placed on probation three years ago for misdemeanor possession of marijuana, was charged today with possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in a case investigated by Cushing Police Detective Rachel Hentges.
Hanna Mariah Peck, 24, remained jailed this afternoon on $10,000 bail on the two-count charge that carries as much as 11 years’ incarceration and an $11,000 fine on conviction, a sheriff’s spokesman told KUSH.
Peck was arrested about 6:16 p.m. on June 8 after Cushing police were called to check on her welfare, according to an affidavit by Hentges.
A relative said that “Hannah had run south from the residence after learning the police were there,” the affidavit said.
Cushing Police Officer Shelby Sewell “contacted Hanna Peck near playground equipment,” just east of her home, the affidavit said.
A relative told police that Peck said she was going to kill herself and “had made similar comments on a Facebook post recently, and then no one was able to contact her for several days,” the affidavit alleged.
When the Cushing police detective asked Peck if she had talked about harming herself, “Hanna denied she had made the statements,” the affidavit said.
“Officer Sewell spoke with Hanna about going to the Cushing emergency room on a voluntary basis to get assistance for anxiety and the issues she was having,” to which she agreed, the affidavit alleged.
“Hanna agreed to accept a ride from Officer Sewell to the hospital,” the affidavit alleged.
“As part of our policy, Officer Sewell explained to Hanna she needed to pat her down prior to allowing her into her patrol vehicle,” to which she agreed, the affidavit alleged.
“Officer Sewell also requested to look in Hanna’s black leather-style purse she was carrying. Hanna agreed and stated she did not have anything in the purse to be concerned about,” the affidavit alleged.
“As Hanna pulled several items out of the purse, a small baggy containing a white crystal-like substance fell to the ground,” that Peck said was “fun-dip and sugar,” the affidavit alleged.
“I quickly took the bag from Hanna, as I believed it was methamphetamine. I also believed Hanna intended to dump the bag out when she opened it,” the Cushing police detective wrote in her affidavit.
“Hanna told us the substance in the bag was not hers and she did not know where it had come from. She attempted to disassociate herself with the substance, which indicated to me she believed it was something she should not have in her possession,” the Cushing detective wrote in her affidavit.
“I placed Hanna in the back of my patrol vehicle. I noted she was extremely upset and very sweaty. Hanna was wearing jeans and a tank top. Neither Officer Sewell nor I were sweating, and we were both wearing a black uniform, body armor and a duty belt,” the Cushing detective wrote in her affidavit.
However, a field-test of the substance was inconclusive, “as it was a dark pink color instead of a light or dark purple color,” the affidavit said.
“Hanna stated she believed the substance was baby laxative and referenced an individual who had recently gotten into trouble for selling as drugs. Hanna told Officer Sewell and I she had recently been to a friend’s residence to pick up cigarettes and she did not know where the substance had come from.
“Hanna suggested she had picked it up at that residence, but then contradicted herself and stated she did not know where it had come from,” the affidavit said.
But the Cushing police detective said that she still had concerns about Peck’s well-being and believed that she met the criteria for protective custody, the affidavit said.
“I made the decision to send the substance found in the baggy to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for identification and pursue charges at a later time,” the detective wrote in her affidavit.
“I asked Hanna if there was anything else illegal in her purse. She stated there should not be, but she did not know, since she was unaware the bag with the crystal-like substance was in there. Hanna agreed to allow me to look through her purse,” the detective alleged in her affidavit.
In the purse, the detective found a small angle cut pink straw that is often used to snort illegal drugs and crushed pills, the affidavit alleged.
“I asked Hanna what the straw was for and she denied it belonged to her,” the detective wrote in her affidavit.
“After locating the straw, Officer Sewell alerted me to a glass pipe she had seen when I pulled a small brown cloth zippered wallet,” the detective alleged in her affidavit.
“I unzipped the wallet and found a long clear glass pipe with white powder-like residue and burnt residue. Also inside the wallet, in an interior zippered compartment, I located two small zip-lock baggies,” one containing a white crystal-like residue and the other a small white crystal substance, the detective alleged in her affidavit.
“After Peck was secure, I performed a methamphetamine field test on the crystal-like substance from the larger baggy found in the wallet,” which tested positive for methamphetamine, the detective alleged in her affidavit.
Following Peck’s arrest and booking into the Cushing City Jail, “I located a third small zip-lock baggy in the zippered wallet,” inside a small pocket that appeared to have a white powder-like residue, the detective alleged in her affidavit.
“Hanna again told me she did not know the baggies were in her purse. She reported she did not use methamphetamine. She told me the wallet in the purse did not belong to her and she did not know where it had come from,” the detective wrote in her affidavit.
Peck said she had been at someone else’s residence prior to police contacting her, “but was still unsure how the items got into her possession,” the affidavit said.
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