(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Cushing woman who was arrested three times for methamphetamine possession within a seven-month period pleaded guilty to all three drug charges Friday.
Dawn Lennette Ryan, 45, who has been jailed since May 10, was ordered to return to court on Sept. 5 for sentencing on all three methamphetamine possession charges.
In her latest case, Ryan was arrested shortly after 6 p.m. on May 10 by Cushing Police Officer Matt Piatt, who saw her riding in a car and knew she had a bench warrant for her arrest on an earlier drug case for failure to appear in court.
After she was arrested, “Ryan began crying and stated ‘I can’t do this.’ Ryan stated ‘it’s in that bag.’ Ryan stated she had methamphetamine in her pillow case with her clothing,” Piatt wrote in an affidavit.
“During the book-in process, Communications/Jailer Roy Ivey found a pink zipper bag wrapped in silver duct tape.
“Inside of the bag was a Cimarron Casino card holder with an elastic bungee cord, three empty syringes, one syringe with 20 ml. of a clear liquid, one clear baggie with traces of a powdery residue inside, one clear zip lock baggie with a crystal substance, one black baggie with gold skulls, and one cotton ear swab,” the affidavit said.
The liquid in the syringe tested positive as methamphetamine, the affidavit said.
Two months earlier, Ryan had been freed on a personal recognizance bond after being arrested at 3:27 a.m. on Feb. 28 by Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Nick Myers at a convenience store on E. Main Street, court records show.
The deputy had arrived at the store at about 1:10 a.m. and saw a car belonging to Ryan, who spoke briefly to him before going into the store, the affidavit said. After leaving the parking lot, the deputy was notified that Ryan was wanted on an outstanding felony Creek County arrest warrant, the affidavit said.
When the deputy returned, Ryan was still inside the store, the affidavit said. When Deputy Chris McKosato arrived, Myers explained he was attempting to contact a relative of Ryan to pick up her car and a dog inside it, the affidavit said.
“Deputy McKosato pointed out that he observed a hypodermic needle in the front driver’s side floorboard of the vehicle in plain view.
“The syringe was used and I could see a crystal-like substance around the plunger and the top portion of the syringe,” Myers wrote in his affidavit.
“During the search, Deputy McKosato discovered multiple different type of pills located throughout the vehicle,” none of which were scheduled narcotics, the affidavit said.
The substance inside the syringe tested as methamphetamine, the affidavit said.
About four months earlier, Ryan had been arrested at 3:38 a.m. on Oct. 22, 2013, by Deputy Myers in a hotel room in the 2200 block of E. Main Street, court records show.
The deputy had received information that Ryan was in the room with syringes and a pill bottle containing “ice,” a common name for crystal methamphetamine, the affidavit said.
With Cushing Police Officer Adam Harp, the deputy went to Ryan’s room where she was told they had received information she possibly had narcotics, the affidavit said.
“Officer Harp asked Ms. Ryan if the pill bottle containing the ‘ice’ was inside her jeans and she said yes and pointed to a couch on the east wall,” the affidavit said.
“Officer Harp retrieved the bottle that contained small baggies of a white crystal substance. I asked Ms. Ryan if she had any syringes located inside the room and she advised me they were in the trash can in the bathroom,” Myers wrote in his affidavit.
“I located 12 syringes that appeared to be used,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit.
“Ms. Ryan advised she and a man had both used the methamphetamine’s. Ms. Ryan further told us that they had spent $200 and bought about two grams of ‘ice.’
“I asked Ms. Ryan if she wanted us to gather all of her property from the motel room to take with us and she advised yes. While gathering the property, Office Harp located four unused syringes,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit.
“Once at the jail while inventorying Ms. Ryan’s property, I located a blue zipper bag containing a set of digital scales, four empty small ziplock bags, a short blue straw with a white residue, and a small glass cup with a piece of cotton inside,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit.
The substance in the loaded syringe tested positive as methamphetamine, the affidavit said.
At the time of her latest arrest, she had been freed on a personal recognizance bond on that charge, court records show.
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