(Stillwater, Okla.) – An ex-convict with a history of drug possession in Creek County was placed on 10 years’ probation Friday for possessing methamphetamine and marijuana with intent to distribute in Ripley, a felony charge to which he had pleaded guilty.
Former Ripley resident Christopher David Thomason, 41, who has moved to Watts, Oklahoma, was ordered Friday to undergo random drug tests, as part of a plea bargain requiring him to pay $1,470 in fines and assessments.
Two years ago, Thomason was arrested in Ripley by Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Dan Nack at the residence of Kristy Watts, now 63, who was taken into custody for a probation violation in a 2012 drug possession case.
After her 2013 arrest, Watts was charged with possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, to which she pleaded guilty. Watts was placed on five years’ probation with orders to undergo random drug tests, perform 100 hours of community service and pay $1,350 in fines and assessments.
Two others at her residence in 2013, Conner Pete Prickett, now 22, and Lucas Sloan Prickett, now 23, both of Morrison, were also arrested. The Pricketts both pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of marijuana and drug paraphernalia possession, for which they were placed on one year’s probation in 2013.
The sheriff’s deputy was patrolling the Ripley area on Feb. 25, 2013, in the afternoon when he saw a Ford SUV pull in front of the residence of Watts, who had an outstanding felony warrant, according to his affidavit.
When Watts got out of the driver’s side of the vehicle, the deputy advised her of her warrant, according to Nack’s affidavit.
“She indicated that she wanted to go inside her house first and put up her dog. I advised her that she was under arrest and not to go into her house. While exiting my car, Kristy went into her front door after several commands not to,” Nack wrote in his affidavit.
When the deputy followed Watts inside her house, he saw three males standing in the kitchen entrance, the affidavit said.
“It appeared that they were attempting to conceal items on the countertop,” which had several small plastic baggies, the affidavit said.
The deputy identified the three as Thomason, “who I clearly saw attempting to conceal items in a chip bag,” and the Pricketts, the affidavit said.
On the kitchen counter, the deputy found loose marijuana, an eyeglasses case with two methamphetamine pipes inside, a baggy containing a small brick-like chunk of a green leafy substance and two more baggies with a green leafy substance, the affidavit said.
“Sixteen small clear baggies approximately one by one inch were laying loose on the counter. One small Altoids can was here open as well. One baggy of the same size contained a crystalline-type substance,” the affidavit said. “Also in this direct area was one bag of generic corn chips ripped open. I believe it was this bag which Christopher was stuffing items into when I initially entered,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit.
Inside the bag were two baggies with a crystal substance, one of which field-tested as methamphetamine, the affidavit said.
Three more baggies with a crystal substance were found, the affidavit said. “These are commonly referred to as quarter-papers or quarter-grams with an approximate value of $25 each,” the affidavit said.
“Fourteen additional new and used baggies were located in here, along with one metallic pipe with burnt residue and the odor of marijuana,” the affidavit said.
“One small baggy with marijuana seeds and one baggy with three small blue pills were also located,” that were identified as generic Xanax, the affidavit alleged.
When Thomason arrived at the Payne County Jail, he had a blue glass methamphetamine-type smoking pipe in his shirt pocket, the affidavit said.
Thomason had been paroled from prison in July 2008 after serving less than half of two concurrent 10-year sentences for drug possession in Creek County, state Department of Corrections records show.
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