(Stillwater, Okla.) — An ex-convict from Perkins — who reportedly told a police officer he is addicted to methamphetamine — has been jailed on felony charges of possessing marijuana on May 13 and stealing an air conditioning unit along with various cables on May 11.
Craig Scott Dunlap, 47, who got out of prison two years ago, has been ordered to appear in court June 2 on his new charges, as well as three earlier drug cases for which he is on probation, court records show.
Dunlap was arrested by Perkins Police Officer Kyle Howard on May 13, after the officer received a tip that Dunlap was using and buying supplies for the use of methamphetamine at his residence, an affidavit alleged.
“I knew this was not enough evidence to gather a search warrant. Perkins Reserve Officer Michael Pearson, Perkins Reserve Officer Brett Johnson and myself went to that residence in hopes to get consent to search the premises,” Howard wrote in his affidavit.
When the officer told the owner of the residence that he believed Dunlap was involved in illicit activities, the homeowner allowed police to search his residence where Dunlap was living, the affidavit alleged.
Dunlap then allowed Perkins police to search his bedroom, where marijuana and empty syringes along with spoons, one of which had a white powdery residue, were found, the affidavit alleged.
Asked by Howard what the spoons and needles were used for, Dunlap said, “They are used to use methamphetamine. I’m addicted to methamphetamine,” the affidavit alleged.
Last summer, Dunlap had been arrested by Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Myers for alleged marijuana possession and public intoxication — charges on which he is due to appear in court on June 20 for a pre-trial hearing, court records show.
The deputy had been sent at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2013, to 19th and Prairie Road in Stillwater on a report of a possibly intoxicated person, his affidavit said.
“I arrived with Deputy Bobby Miller. Craig Dunlap was lying in the ditch next to his truck in his underwear. His clothes were strewn around him.
“Also lying on the ground was a clear bag that contained a green leafy substance that appeared to be and smelled to be marijuana, and six capsule pills containing an unknown substance,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.
“Craig had very slurred speech and he was very hard to understand. He had uncontrollable muscle movements and could not focus. We had him get dressed and he had trouble doing so.
“I had him stand up. He could not follow simple orders and was unsteady on his feet. Through my training and experience, Craig was under the influence of some type of substance,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.
Five years ago, Dunlap was convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine at his Perkins residence and given an eight-year prison term, of which he served less than three years, court records show.
At the time of that 2009 drug offense, Dunlap was already on probation for 20 years in three separate cases for:
* possession of the prescription drug, alprazolam, in Stillwater in 2006;
* drug possession with intent to distribute along with possession of methamphetamine and marijuana in Stillwater in 2005;
* possession of a substance with intent to manufacture methamphetamine in Stillwater in 2003.
When Dunlap was sentenced in his 2009 methamphetamine manufacturing case, eight years of his probation was revoked in his 2005 and 2006 drug cases while the balance of his probation was revoked in his 2003 case, on which he was subsequently paroled, state Department of Corrections records show.
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