(Stillwater, Okla.) – An ex-convict, who was incarcerated for attempting to manufacture methamphetamine in Perkins while he was living in Cushing, has been charged with possessing a Fuji bicycle valued at over $1,000 — that was reported stolen on Oklahoma State University property, court records show.
Derek Allen Davis, 37, of Stillwater, remains free on $10,000 bond with an order to appear in court with an attorney on Oct. 18 on the felony charge punishable by four years to life in prison on conviction, due to his criminal record.
Davis was arrested after Stillwater Police Officer Micheal Casteel saw two bicyclists riding in the roadway on 11th Avenue approaching Washington at 5:01 p.m. on Sept. 10, according to his affidavit.
Davis was riding correctly, but “the other male was riding in the middle of the roadway and at times the opposite side of the roadway,” the affidavit alleged.
“The city of Stillwater has an ordinance stating that bicyclists riding on the roadway must ride the bicycle on the right side of the road following all rules, as if they were driving a vehicle,” the affidavit said.
The other male, who was not riding correctly, told the officer that he was asthmatic, the affidavit said. He was released after it was determined that his bicycle was not reported stolen, the affidavit said.
Davis said that they were coming from a jewelry store on South Main Street in Stillwater and headed to his house in the 2300 block of S. Walnut Street, the affidavit said.
“I asked Derek (Davis) if I could check the bicycle to make sure it was not stolen. Derek told me to go ahead,” the officer alleged in his affidavit. Davis was arrested after the officer learned that the bicycle had been entered as stolen into NCIC by the OSU Police Department, the affidavit alleged.
“Derek told me that the bicycle did not belong to him, that it belonged to his brother. Derek told me that he recently started riding it because his brother was in jail,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
The bicycle was taken to the Stillwater police department’s basement and placed in a bicycle cage for storage, the affidavit said.
According to records from the state Department of Corrections and Payne County District Court, Davis was released from prison in April 2014 after serving about three and one-half years of three concurrent five-year prison terms he was given in December 2010 for:
* manufacturing or attempting to manufacture methamphetamine in Perkins while he was living in Cushing in 2010;
* possessing pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture methamphetamine in Stillwater in 2009, for which he was originally given probation that was revoked in 2010;
* manufacturing methamphetamine in Stillwater in 2009, for which he was originally given probation that was revoked in 2010.
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