Larry Wayne McCann
(SPD file photo)
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — An ex-convict has been given an 18-year prison term for trafficking a large amount of methamphetamine on three different occasions in Stillwater since his release from prison in May.
Larry Wayne McCann, 56, who listed a Stillwater post office box as his address, was given three consecutive 6-year prison terms last week after pleading guilty to three different charges of methamphetamine trafficking after prior felony convictions.
After his latest arrest following a traffic stop in Stillwater about 9:30 pm on Sept. 28, “McCann claimed he is an addict and that he uses methamphetamine regularly. He stated that he gives people methamphetamine in return for a place to stay or for their friendship.
“During the interview, McCann became angry and told us that he has spent nearly $200,000 on methamphetamine, vehicles, money forfeitures and bond money,” Stillwater Police Officer Adam Elliott wrote in an affidavit.
McCann’s vehicle had been searched on Sept. 28 after a K-9 indicated the presence of the odor of illegal drugs coming from inside the vehicle, the affidavit said.
“As I began a search of the vehicle, McCann became angry that we were going to search his vehicle and accused me of harassing him. Upon searching the center console, I located three clear plastic screw top containers,” having a total of 32.3 grams of methamphetamine, the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“Prior to being placed in my patrol unit, I searched McCann’s person. In his left front jeans pocket was a large, folded bundle of U.S. currency. He had 19 $100 bills, 115 $20 bills and one $5 bill, for a total of $4,205. Due to McCann using his vehicle to traffic CDS, it was seized for forfeiture,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
Regarding his drug history, “McCann was arrested on Aug. 3, 2022, by the Stillwater Police Department Special Projects Unit for trafficking CDS. He was able to bond out of jail and quickly began living the same lifestyle that got him arrested.
“McCann was arrested again on Sept. 7, 2022, for trafficking methamphetamine, which was packaged in the same style clear plastic screw top containers as the methamphetamine seized on this date (Sept. 28, 2022). McCann was again able to bond out of jail and again continued with the same criminal behavior,” the affidavit said.
In his latest drug trafficking case, McCann was held on $150,000 bail, twice the amount he had been jailed on his two previous meth trafficking cases, court records show.
McCann had been convicted in March of 2020 of being a felon in possession of a firearm and having a drug with intent to distribute, for which he was given a six-year prison term with the balance suspended on completion of a drug program in custody, but that was modified eight months later to Drug Court from which he absconded and was terminated in May of 2021 when he was given a five-year prison term but only served one year, Payne County court records show.
McCann had also been convicted in Payne County of forgery in 2013 and drug possession along with domestic abuse in 2016, state Department of Corrections records show.
