(Stillwater, Okla.) — Two years after their arrests on charges of endeavoring to manufacture the drug, methamphetamine on property in the 2000 block of E. Deep Rock Road, a Cushing man and his wife have been placed on probation, court records showed today.
James Farris Shipman, 41, and Cathy D. Shipman, 39, were ordered to comply with the methamphetamine registry, undergo random drug testing, have substance abuse evaluations and perform any recommended follow-up, court records show.
James Shipman pleaded guilty on Oct. 24, 2014, to endeavoring to manufacture methamphetamine on Oct. 22, 2012, for which he was placed on seven years’ probation and ordered to pay $1,250 in fines as well as assessments, court records show.
Cathy Shipman pleaded guilty on Oct. 24, 2014, to a reduced charge of furnishing precursors with intent to manufacture a drug on Oct. 22, 2012, for which she was placed on five years’ probation and ordered to pay $1,250 in fines as well as assessments, court records show.
The couple — who now live at another location in Cushing — had been arrested after Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Dan Nack obtained a search warrant for the couple’s then-residence on Deep Rock Road, west of Cushing on Oct. 22, 2012, court records show.
The couple was not home, but Cathy Shipman arrived moments later, Nack wrote in an affidavit.
“She admitted that she purchased a box of pseudoephedrine on Oct. 19, 2012. She states that she bought them and gave them to her husband for the manufacturing of meth,” the affidavit said.
“Outside the residence, two campers were parked in a concealed manner at the south of the property. Walking trails were clearly visible to the woods just behind them.
“Clear driving trails were also evident from the yard to the wooded area beyond the campers. Approximately 25 yards from the south camper was one 7-gallon bucket.
“All items within this bucket were immediately recognized as items used to manufacture methamphetamine,” according to Nack’s affidavit.
At about 9:46 p.m. James Shipman’s truck pulled into the driveway where three deputies were standing and numerous marked patrol cars were parked, the affidavit said.
“As I approached the truck on foot, the truck backed back out on the road and sped away westbound,” Nack wrote in his affidavit.
“Following in my car, with lights activated, the truck stopped approximately one-quarter to one-half mile west,” where James Shipman, who was a passenger, was arrested, the affidavit said.
When Cathy Shipman was interviewed the next morning, “she advised that when not in the house, Jamie spends most of his time in the back by the campers,” the affidavit said.
When James Shipman entered his guilty plea last month, a count of possessing a generic form of the drug Soma without a prescription was dropped by the prosecution against him, court records show.
A count of possessing stolen radios originally filed against both of the Shipmans had been dropped by the prosecution against the couple on May 30, 2013, court records show.
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