(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Meridian man — on probation for methamphetamine possession in Logan County — has been ordered to appear in Payne County District Court on Feb. 26 for a motion hearing on whether his attorney will be allowed to withdraw from representing him on a charge of possessing marijuana in the Cimarron Casino parking lot in Perkins on Halloween.
At the time of his Oct. 31 arrest by Perkins police, David Lawrence Lopez, 35, was free on $10,000 bail on charges of possessing methamphetamine and driving on a suspended license in Perkins two months earlier, court records show.
If convicted of his latest charge, Lopez could receive as much as a 20-year prison term and $10,000 fine. He remains free on $25,000 bail in that case.
If convicted of his earlier case, Lopez could receive as much as 11 years’ incarceration and a $10,500 fine, court records show.
Lopez and his passenger, Tristan Dawn Wilde, 30, of Perry, were arrested by Perkins Police Officer Kyle Howard about 3:13 a.m. on Oct. 31 in the Cimarron Casino parking lot in Perkins, court records show.
Wilde has pleaded guilty to possessing methamphetamine, marijuana and tramadol, as well as a syringe, for which she was placed on five years’ probation with conditions including undergoing random drug testing, complying with the methamphetamine registry, having a substance abuse evaluation, following any recommendations, and performing 100 hours of community service. She was ordered to pay $1,450 in fines and assessments.
The Perkins police officer wrote in an affidavit, “I told David Lopez I was there (at the casino parking lot) for the suspicion of drug use.
“I asked David if he could just remove all items from his pockets,” to which Lopez consented, the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“I felt an object like a pill bottle as I patted his right chest coat pocket,” and found a burnt marijuana cigarette, the officer alleged.
“I asked David if the marijuana inside was his and he said no,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
When Iowa Tribe Officer Cody Coleman arrived, he said he saw a syringe next to the seat of Wilde, who claimed it was not hers, the affidavit alleged.
“I also noticed a small, label-less orange pill bottle at the floor of the passenger side seat,” which Wilde said was methamphetamine, the Perkins officer alleged in his affidavit.
“She said there was also more in the vehicle,” the affidavit alleged.
During a search of the vehicle, she said that another couple had tried to sell them drugs, the affidavit alleged.
When Lopez was questioned again, the Perkins officer alleged in his affidavit, “I told him there is marijuana in the roach and he said that was his.”
“I walked to Tristan and Officer Coleman told me she admitted to having marijuana in her bra,” which she removed from her bra and gave to the Perkins officer, his affidavit alleged.
“She also said she had Tramadol in her purse,” the affidavit alleged.
“I searched Tristan’s purse and found a while crystal-like substance in a small package. I said ‘Looks like meth.’ Without asking her, she told me that it was the other item she dropped and it was meth,” the Perkins officer wrote in his affidavit.
“Officer Coleman later told me that David admitted to Officer Coleman during transport (to jail) he had another roach (marijuana) in one of the cigarette packs,” the Perkins Officer alleged in his affidavit.
According to court records, four years ago, Lopez was placed on 10 years’ probation in Logan County for methamphetamine possession in 2010.
If convicted of his current drug charges in Payne County, Lopez could be incarcerated for 31 years and fined $20,500, court records show.
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