(Stillwater, Okla.) — An ex-convict from Stillwater has been jailed on $200,000 bail on charges of methamphetamine trafficking, possessing $1,212 derived from drug sales, possessing cocaine and using a stolen vehicle license tag decal, as well as driving under suspension and operating a truck with an expired tag.
Derreck Ryan Gray, 32, who got out of prison 18 months ago, said that he raises show chickens and American pit bull terriers for income, according to his application for a court-appointed attorney, which was granted last week.
Gray was arraigned from the Payne County Jail on Oct. 15 and ordered to appear in court on Nov. 2.
At the time of his latest arrest by Stillwater Police Officer William Cluck, Gray had been free on $15,000 bail for three months on charges of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute after a former felony conviction and obstructing an officer by refusing to cooperate with him.
Due to his criminal record, Gray could be given a life without parole sentence plus three life prison terms and 23 years’ incarceration, as well as more than $260,000 in fines if convicted of all of his charges, court records show.
When the Stillwater officer was sent at 7:42 p.m. on Oct. 1 to a traffic accident at McElroy and Jardot, he recognized Gray from previous arrests, according to Cluck’s affidavit.
The officer knew that Gray “had a history with drugs and resisting arrest,” and that he did not have a valid driver’s license, the affidavit said.
Gray said that the 1983 GMC truck was his, but the officer learned that the license plate had expired in December 2012 even though it had a 2016 expiration sticker displayed, which a dispatcher said was stolen in Oklahoma City, the affidavit alleged.
“While obtaining information for the accident, Officer Rivas was on scene assisting and told me that a witness reported seeing Gray throw something near the trees north of his vehicle,” Cluck wrote in his affidavit.
“I placed Gray in handcuffs to wait for confirmation of the stolen decal sticker and because I have had to fight with Gray before when he was being placed under arrest,” Cluck wrote in his affidavit.
On Cluck’s request, K9 Officer Adam Elliott responded to the area for an article search, the affidavit said.
“Elliott told me that his K9 located an item a few feet away from Gray’s truck,” and showed him two gloves on the ground, Cluck wrote in his affidavit.
“I picked up both gloves and noticed that one glove contained a zip lock bag of marijuana and the other glove contained a zip lock bag with a large amount of a crystal-like substance that I recognized as methamphetamine,” Cluck alleged in his affidavit.
“The total weight of methamphetamine removed from the zip lock bag was 25.2 grams,” and another wrapper contained 4.7 grams of methamphetamine in the same glove, the affidavit alleged.
“I also located a piece of off-white substance that I recognized as base cocaine or ‘crack,’” that weighed 1.9 grams, Cluck alleged in his affidavit.
The marijuana weighed 7.6 grams, the affidavit alleged.
“During the booking process, $1,212 was removed from Gray’s front pants pocket and seized,” the affidavit said.
“During the accident investigation, I learned that Gray ran the stop sign and caused the accident, did not have a valid driver’s license, only a suspended set up number through Oklahoma, the license plate was expired as of December 2012, and the vehicle did not have insurance,” Cluck wrote in his affidavit.
Three months earlier, the same officer had arrested Gray, who was a passenger in a car stopped for speeding at Jardot and Sunrise at 6:22 p.m. on July 1, an affidavit alleged.
“As Gray stood up, I noticed a plastic bag drop to the side of the passenger seat,” which Gray reached for, Cluck alleged in that affidavit.
When the officer told Gray to leave the bag, Gray grabbed it and turned toward Officer Michael Casteel, the affidavit alleged.
“I took control of Gray’s right arm and he started trying to pull away and run through me and Casteel,” who together forced Gray to the ground, the affidavit alleged.
“Gray would not comply with any commands and kept trying to push himself up and get away from us,” the affidavit alleged.
After Gray was given two Taser applications, he continued to fight but Officers Brett Moore and Casteel “were able to force his arms behind him and place him in handcuffs,” the affidavit alleged.
The plastic bag contained a large bag of methamphetamine and several different types of pills, the affidavit alleged.
According to state Department of Corrections records, Gray was released from prison in April 2014 after serving two years of five concurrent five-year sentences from Payne County for possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction, possession of cocaine and marijuana, possession of a drug with intent to distribute and possession of marijuana, all in 2010, as well as assault with a dangerous weapon in 2002 for which he had originally been given probation.
Gray had earlier served less than half of three concurrent six-year prison terms from Payne County for possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction, possession of a stolen vehicle, and possession of a drug without a prescription, all in 2006, DOC records show.
Gray had also served about half of two concurrent five-year prison terms from Payne County for second-degree burglary and possession of a drug with intent to distribute in 2003, DOC records show.
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