Angela Blacksher
(DOC file photo)
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Pawnee woman, who served a prison sentence for a Drumright burglary, has been ordered to appear in court Tuesday on a Payne County charge of possessing the drugs methamphetamine and fentanyl with intent to distribute, following a traffic stop on Highway 51 near Yale.
If convicted of her latest charge that included possessing drug paraphernalia, Angela Dawn Ashley, 43, who has also been known by the surname of Blacksher, could be incarcerated for eight years and fined $101,000, court records show. She remains free on $20,000 bail.
Ashley was arrested by Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Zach Wheeler at 1:54 am on Aug. 8 at Highway 51 and Battleridge Road after a traffic stop at 11 pm on Aug. 7 for having a driver’s side headlight that was not working, an affidavit alleged.
“While speaking with Angela, I noticed an orange pill bottle in the driver side floorboard with something white in the bottom but could not see what was inside. I asked her about the pill bottle in the floorboard. Angela stated it was her sister’s who does home health care work but was not sure about the contents of the bottle.
“Angela handed me the bottle, which did not have a lid on it. I observed a paper towel in the bottom of the pill bottle with a small amount of a white, crystal-like substance,” that field-tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine, Deputy Wheeler alleged in his affidavit.
During a search of her vehicle, the deputy saw a woman’s purse in the seat on the front passenger side, his affidavit alleged. “I located a black digital scale. Once I opened the scale, I observed more white, crystal-like substance. At this time, I placed Angela in handcuffs and did a pat search of her person. Deputy J. Jones noticed a bulge on the front side of Angela’s pants near the zipper. Angela stated it was a pipe,” Deputy Wheeler alleged in his affidavit.
“I continued my search of the vehicle. I located several small crystal-like pieces on the front passenger floorboard, both driver side and passenger side floorboards. On the driver side floorboard and under the driver seat and in the driver side door panel, I also located a large amount of small, blue in color pills with ‘M’ on one side and 30 on the other. The pills were dirty and appeared to be roughly stamped. I believed these pills to be fentanyl.
“Deputy Jones, who was assisting me with the search of the vehicle, advised me he located a very large piece of a white crystal-like substance in the driver side door panel. Once he retrieved it from the door, I believed this to be methamphetamine as well.
“I field-tested the blue pills, which tested presumptive positive for fentanyl. I also field-tested the residue that was inside the glass pipe. The residue tested presumptive positive for both fentanyl and methamphetamine,” Deputy Wheeler alleged in his affidavit.
“All actions were captured on my department-issued Axon Body Camera,” the deputy added in his affidavit.
At the time of that arrest, Ashley was free on $10,000 bail on charges of fraudulently obtaining the personal identity of another woman, passing a forged check for $403.33 at Petco in Stillwater, and passing two forged checks at the Cushing Walmart, one for $144.11 and another for $406.84, all in December of 2023.
If convicted of those four counts, Ashley could be incarcerated for eight years and fined $103,000, court records show.
According to court records and the state Department of Corrections, Ashley was convicted of first-degree burglary in Drumright in 2016, for which she was originally placed on 10 years of probation, which was revoked in 2021 to four years in prison, but changed 11 months later to probation on judicial review.
Ashley was also placed on four years of probation in 2021 for false personation of another and misuse of identification in Oklahoma County, court records show.
