John Spencer Giblet
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Cushing man, who reportedly has mental health issues, has been jailed on $15,000 bail pending a March 7 court appearance on a charge of breaking into Green Acres Dispensary in the 1000 block of E. Main in Cushing.
Due to his criminal record, John Spencer Giblet, 53, could be sentenced to two years to life in prison if convicted of second-degree burglary.
Giblet was arrested by Cushing Police Officer Alex Gegen about 5 am on Feb. 1 at the Green Acres Dispensary, which is located across the street from a motel where he had been staying, an affidavit said.
Giblet had come to the attention of Cushing police at 3:47 am for allegedly opening the back door of a bread delivery truck at a convenience store a block away, an affidavit alleged.
“I asked Giblet what was going on, due to the store being closed at this time. Giblet stated he had seen the bread delivery truck sitting in the parking lot and wanted to see what was going on with it. He said he went over to the delivery truck and opened the back door.
“He said when he opened it, the driver came out from the front of the truck and began to yell at him. I asked Giblet why he opened the back door…he stated, ‘I was just making sure everything was okay,"” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“Giblet began to speak about the lights around town and was working on them. Sgt. Matt Piatt asked Giblet if he had just recently gotten out of Grand Lakes Mental Health Center,” since he knew Giblet had mental health issues, the affidavit said.
“I asked Giblet why he was no longer in his motel room that we had taken him to, earlier. He stated that he does not sleep. Giblet stated that he was at the weed store across the street earlier and that he had smoked some ‘pot.’ At this time, Officer Snow informed Giblet that she had GLHMC on the iPad and they wished to speak to him.
“After speaking to GLMHC, they stated they wanted Giblet to be brought to their care in Stillwater,” so the officer began to transport him there at 4:03 am, his affidavit said.
“While enroute to GLMHC, I heard over the radio that Sgt. Piatt had located an open door at the Green Acres Dispensary,” and that Giblet might need to come back to Cushing for a possible burglary charge, the officer alleged in his affidavit.
At about 4:24 am, the officer stopped just north of Ripley to talk to Giblet about whether he had gone to the dispensary earlier, the affidavit said.
“I asked how he opened the door, he stated with his finger. I asked if he took anything, he stated he took a roach and put it on the brick outside,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“Sgt. Piatt stated to bring Giblet to Cushing,” the affidavit said. “At about 4:47 am, an employee of Green Acres arrived. Sgt. Piatt stated he found a silver bucket containing tubes that had pre-rolled marijuana joints in them. Sgt. Piatt stated there was one of the tubes that was open and empty. The employee stated that it should not be empty,” the affidavit said.
When Giblet was asked “if he had taken the roach from inside the business, he stated yes. Giblet stated that he had gotten it from the southeast portion of the store out of a bucket that had some tube bundles in it. I asked where it was now…he stated, ‘It’s over by the store across the street in front of the building by the bicycle that is outside,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“Sgt. Piatt had located a phone on a counter in the store that he believed to be Giblet’s,” which was seized as evidence, the affidavit said. The marijuana roach that Giblet had dropped outside the convenience store was also seized as evidence, the affidavit alleged. “At about 5 am, Sgt. Piatt stated that the daughter of the Green Acres owner had arrived to view video surveillance,” which showed Giblet entering the business, the affidavit alleged.
According to Lincoln County court records, Giblet had been charged six years ago with endangering others while eluding Agra Police Officer Brad Jackson by accelerating away from him, driving more than 100 mph and running stop signs, as well as running a roadblock set up by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in May of 2016, for which he was given a six-month jail term followed by four and one-half years of probation. Giblet was also fined $300 for depositing trash on the private property of the Agra Fire Department.
Five years ago in Payne County, Giblet was placed on seven years of probation for aggravated eluding the Payne County Sheriff’s Department, aggravated attempting to elude the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, all occurring in May of 2016, for which he was also ordered to pay $2,955 restitution, undergo mental health and substance abuse evaluations, and have random drug testing, court records show.
