Mental competency exam ordered for Cushing ex-convict

   STILLWATER — A Cushing ex-convict has been ordered to undergo a mental competency examination before he returns to court on Aug. 25 on charges of illegally having guns, possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, using a police radio while committing a drug crime, and possessing drug paraphernalia.

   At his arraignment last week, Jason Lee Woodberry, 45, who has a record of drug crimes in Payne, Creek and Oklahoma Counties, told Special District Judge Jill Ochs that he wants to represent himself on the charges carrying up to life in prison plus 10 years on conviction. Woodberry was freed on $15,000 bond on Aug. 13.

   Woodberry had been arrested at 10:42 am on Aug. 10, about 30 minutes after a search warrant was served at his residence by a team composed of seven Payne County sheriff’s deputies, two Cushing police officers and one Cushing firefighter, according to an affidavit by Deputy William Bowen.

   “Jason was asking as to why we were there. I advised Jason we were there to execute a search warrant for weapons. I explained we were back with a warrant after speaking with him on Thursday and him being armed with a gun at that time. I asked Jason if the gun he had that night was inside the residence; he said it was not.

   “I asked him if it was here, and he said it was in the car. The car was also included in the search warrant. I checked the car, and it was locked. Jason accompanied deputies inside his residence and to attempt to locate the key to the vehicle.

   “Jason pointed to a black bag on the floor at the edge of the bed and instructed Deputy Wheeler to look in the bag; inside the bag were two plastic baggies, one zip top, the other tied in a knot, that contained a crystal-like substance, a $100 bill, and two condoms.

   “They continued looking for the key, and it was then located on a shelf along the north wall of the northwest bedroom. The key was under a firearm. I had no further questions for Jason. A short time later, Jason was transported to the Payne County Jail by Sgt. Carruba,” Deputy Bowen alleged in his affidavit.

   “Inside the car, we located a black firearm in a black plastic holster, a self-defense pepper ball pistol. This fires a round projectile, but not a firearm. It just strongly resembles a firearm. It was the one Jason was wearing on his person on 8/6/2026,” according to the affidavit.

   In Woodberry’s bedroom, authorities found a Taurus 9 mm semiautomatic pistol magazine loaded with one 9 mm and eight .380 rounds and chamber-loaded with a 9 mm round, the affidavit alleged. “We also located a black XBG CO2 pistol that resembles an actual firearm; there appears to be a magazine in the grip of the firearm. There are no safety markings to distinguish it from an actual firearm.

   “Also on this table, we located a disassembled revolver; the cylinder contains seven unfired 22 rounds. The revolver is a Gen Prec Corp model 20 .22 LR; the revolver was missing a firing pin and trigger. On or around this table, we located ten .38 SPL RL cartridges. We also located two glass smoking devices with burnt residue. On the floor along the west wall, we located two digital scales; inside a wood box on the floor along the west wall was another digital scale with residue.

   “Inside the black bag on the floor that Jason had pointed out contained two baggies with crystal substance…field-tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine. Also in that bag was a $100 bill. In close proximity to the black bag, there was a spiral notebook that contained handwritten names and amounts, presumably drug transactions. In the northeast corner of the bedroom under a clothes rack, there was a plugged in and operational radio scanner used for receiving police transmissions,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.

   According to court records and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Woodberry was convicted in 2015 in Oklahoma County of possessing marijuana and acquiring proceeds from drug activity, for which he was ordered to receive drug treatment in prison, followed by probation for about 10 years, two years of which was revoked to prison in 2017.

   Woodberry had also been convicted in 2013 in Payne County of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, for which he was given a two-year prison term followed by four years of probation. In 2003, Woodberry had been convicted in Payne County of possession of a drug with intent to distribute, for which he was ordered into the Bill Johnson Work Camp in prison, followed by probation.

   Woodberry had also been convicted in 2005 in Creek County of possession of methamphetamine, for which he was given five years of probation, DOC records show.