By: Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Stillwater man with multiple convictions for domestic violence has been jailed on $50,000 bail pending a May 21 preliminary hearing on a charge of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
Due to his extensive criminal record, Michael Allen Brolo, 39, could be imprisoned for four years to life if convicted of his felony drug charge.
Nine months after Brolo got out of prison, Stillwater Police Officer Josh Carson obtained a search warrant for his residence regarding drug distribution, an affidavit alleged.
“At the front door, Detective McSpadden began knocking on the door loudly and announcing our presence,” at 4 pm on March 5, Carson alleged in his affidavit.
“When it was obvious nobody was going to answer the door, I told Sergeant Millermon to breach the door with our ram.
“In the far west bedroom, a male I know from numerous previous contacts as Michael Allen Brolo was located lying in bed,” with several glass methamphetamine pipes and a methamphetamine bong next to him, Carson alleged in his affidavit.
“During the search, I was contacted by the jail. Brolo told jail staff where he hid methamphetamine. I was able to unscrew paneling from a vanity and find a natural void,” where methamphetamine and working digital scales were located, Carson alleged in his affidavit.
“From my training and experience, the hide was sophisticated and not normally how I find illegal drugs hidden,” Carson alleged in his affidavit.
When Brolo was interviewed in jail, “Brolo told me he ‘hustled’ and sold small amounts of methamphetamine to pay bills. Brolo provided me his phone pass code and told me he would have messages on his phone where he was selling drugs,” Carson alleged in his affidavit.
A total of four grams of methamphetamine was seized, the affidavit alleged.
According to Payne County court records and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Brolo had been released from prison on June 1, 2020, after being convicted of:
* domestic abuse in 2017 for which he was given an eight-year sentence in 2017, but only served two and one-half years;
* grand larceny and stolen property possession for which he was given two concurrent six-year terms in 2017, but served two years;
* domestic abuse in 2015 for which he was given a concurrent four-year term in 2017, but served about one and one-half years;
* domestic abuse in 2013 for which he was given a one-year jail term in 2014 concurrent to the following sentence;
* domestic abuse in 2010 for which he was given a one-year term followed by three years of probation, six months of which was revoked to jail in 2013;
* first-degree burglary in 2003 in Faulkner County, Arkansas, for which he was given a four-year term in 2004, but was apparently paroled in 2006.
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