(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Perkins man, who allegedly told a detective he receives deliveries of marijuana from Colorado about every two weeks, has been jailed on $25,000 bail on charges of possessing marijuana with intent to distribute and maintaining a house where the drug is kept.
Samuel Keith Wilson, 24, who was already on five years’ probation in four separate marijuana possession charges, was arraigned from the Payne County Jail last week and ordered to appear in court with an attorney on Nov. 13.
When his residence in the 200 block of N.E. Fifth Street was searched Oct. 15 on a warrant, $2,601 in cash was seized along with various drug-related items, Perkins Police Investigator Charles Danker alleged in an affidavit.
“Samuel admitted he only had three jobs in his adult life for no more than six months’ total employment,” the affidavit alleged.
“Samuel stated the money in the closet wasn’t his and that most of the time people came to his residence to buy, and another individual would make the sale at his house,” where he had been living for about two weeks with a relative, the affidavit alleged.
In a southeast bedroom where Wilson was located on a bed, the Perkins police investigator found in a dresser a small clear baggy with a white powdery substance that didn’t field-test as methamphetamine, but was collected to be analyzed, the affidavit alleged.
“I located in the closet on the north wall of the southeast bedroom multiple containers that contained a green leafy substance that field-tested positive for marijuana.
“Some containers had marijuana leaf pictures on the lid, some had labels identifying the product as Sweet Leaf Super Lemon Haze dated 10/10/15, and some were identified by the label as Cannabis,” the affidavit alleged.
“Other items in the closet were glass smoking devices, baggies, and digital scales. Also a large quantity of cash was located in the closet with the marijuana and paraphernalia.
“Some more cash of mostly denominations of $20s was located in a clip wallet that contained Samuel Wilson’s driver’s license where a container that had residue in it was located.
“There was also another neatly stacked assortment of cash on the table in the kitchen,” the affidavit alleged.
In an interview with Wilson at the Payne County Jail, “Samuel stated his mother knew nothing about what was going on and that he and some associates had been selling marijuana.
“Samuel states he gets his marijuana about every two weeks (when) someone brings it to him from Colorado.
“Samuel stated he measures it out on the scale and packages it in the amount enough for two bowls. Samuel stated he sells it for the rate of $20,” the affidavit alleged.
“Samuel stated the money in his room was not all from marijuana sales and stated the money in his wallet was his. I asked him about all the $20s and he stated his dad sends him money to help him out,” the detective alleged in his affidavit.
“In the bedroom where the marijuana was located, the closet was full of male clothes, the dresser was the same, the closet contained male shoes and on the wall were hats that were similar to what Samuel Wilson is seen wearing in Perkins.
There was mail inside the residence addressed to Wilson and also court paperwork with his name on it, the affidavit alleged.
The residence was searched on a warrant after the Perkins investigator went by there to contact Wilson’s mother to follow up on a current investigation, the affidavit alleged.
When the investigator pulled his patrol vehicle in front of the house, he saw a greenish yellow pickup in the driveway with an Arizona license plate that began backing out, the affidavit said.
The investigator asked the pickup driver if Wilson’s mother was at home and “he stated nobody answered when he was at the door,” the affidavit alleged.
However, when the investigator knocked on the front door, Wilson answered and said his mother would be out in a minute, the affidavit alleged.
“I could smell a strong odor coming off Samuel’s person and from the residence,” that he associated with marijuana, the investigator alleged in his affidavit.
The investigator then went back to the Perkins Police Department and completed an affidavit for a search warrant, which a Payne County judge granted that day.
“Perkins Police Deputy Chief Steve Hensley, Sergeant Kyle Howard, Officer George Hannon, Iowa Tribe Police Chief Brian Roe, Iowa Tribe Police Assistant Chief Jeremy McGill, and I executed the service of this search warrant,” at about 2:47 p.m. on Oct. 15, the investigator wrote in his affidavit.
The investigator knocked on the door and announced police search warrant several times, the affidavit alleged.
“Perkins Police Sgt. Kyle Howard announced that if nobody answered the door, forced entry would be made.
“Iowa Tribe Police Asst. Chief Jeremy McGill thought he could hear something moving inside the residence, but thought it may be the dog.
“Perkins Police Sgt. Kyle Howard kicked the door open and the residence was cleared.
“Perkins Police Sgt. Kyle Howard and Officer George Hannon located Samuel Wilson on his bed in the bedroom located in the southeast corner of the residence. I left a copy of the search warrant on the table in the living room,” the investigator wrote in his affidavit.
During his interview at the Payne County Jail, “Samuel stated he was currently on a five-year deferred sentence with two years completed and three more years left to serve,” the affidavit said.
According to court records, Wilson is currently on probation for possession of methamphetamine and marijuana in 2009, for possession of marijuana twice in 2010, and for possession of marijuana in 2011, all in Payne County.
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