(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Perkins man – who was a teenager when he was placed on probation for ramming his Cadillac into a sheriff’s patrol car — has been charged with possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possessing a gun in the commission of a felony, having drug paraphernalia and driving a pickup on a suspended license without proof of insurance, all in Perkins.
Tahli Nashoba Jacob, 23, remains free on $20,000 bail pending a Dec. 10 court appearance with an attorney.
Jacob was arrested about 12:35 p.m. on Nov. 7 by Perkins Police Investigator Charles Danker for driving on a revoked license, according to his affidavit.
The Perkins officer was working radar at Methodist Street and Kirk Street when he saw a burgundy pickup pulling a trailer westbound on Kirk Street that didn’t have the load on the trailer secured properly, his affidavit said.
“The ratchet was almost dragging the ground on the driver side, the other end of the strap was snagged on a piece of plastic and the load was teetering on the edge of the trailer risking falling into the roadway,” the affidavit alleged.
During a traffic stop at NE 6th Street and Kirk Street, “Tahli informed me that he was moving to Stillwater and was currently headed to Tryon to dump the items on his trailer in the trash dump,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“Tahli asked if he could re-secure his ratchet strap and I allowed him to do so,” the officer wrote.
When Jacob was told he was under arrest due to the revoked driver’s license, “Tahli tensed up and began to cry stating he didn’t need this right now, he will lose his kids and job,” the affidavit said.
During an inventory of his vehicle, the officer “located a wallet in a cut-out in the center of the dash that had money and cards with Tahli’s name on them,” the affidavit alleged.
“I located concealed in that wallet a white baggy that was twisted shut that contained a white powder that field-tested positive for methamphetamine,” the officer alleged.
“Next to the wallet in the cut-out was a blue trident gum pack that had a green substance balled up in it that field-tested positive for marijuana,” the affidavit alleged.
“I continued inventory of the vehicle and in reach of Tahli, I located under the center console on the seat a loaded Taurus 38 Special pistol in a black nylon holster,” the officer alleged.
“I located next to the pistol in reach of Tahli a red jewelry box that contained a large baggy of a white crystal substance that field-tested positive for methamphetamine and two smaller baggies that appeared to be packaged for sale,” the officer alleged.
“There was about seven grams of methamphetamine in the red jewelry box. I located inside the console in a Tasco case a set of digital scales. I also located in the console a speed loader for the 38 caliber pistol,” the officer alleged.
“I informed Tahli of what I found in the vehicle and (he) stated just take me to jail,” the officer alleged.
In January 2010, when he was 18, Jacob was ordered to serve six months in jail and pay $4,458 restitution for ramming his Cadillac twice from behind into a Payne County sheriff’s deputy’s patrol car on Sept. 12, 2009.
On his release from jail, Jacob was ordered to serve five years of probation and required to participate in extensive treatment, including a substance abuse assessment and counseling.
During a high-speed pursuit, Jacob drove his Cadillac into Deputy Rockford Brown’s patrol car from behind on two separate occasions and repeatedly ran stop signs, according to court documents.
Jacob “crossed over US 177 without stopping and caused traffic coming in both directions (north and south) to have to stop to avoid a near collision with the suspect vehicle,” according to the deputy’s affidavit.
Jacob’s Cadillac pushed the deputy’s car “into a high-speed spin until my vehicle ultimately came to rest on the south side of the road approximately 3/10 west of Ripley Road and Highway 33,” where Sheriff’s Deputy Dan Nack was able to end the pursuit, Deputy Brown wrote in his affidavit.
“I asked the suspect why he had run from me, and he said because he had beer in the car and had been drinking. I asked the suspect what he had thrown out the window, and he told me that it was an open beer,” Deputy Brown wrote in his affidavit.
The deputy found a pink stun gun, two sharpened machetes and an unopened case of beer in Jacob’s vehicle, the affidavit said.
The patrol car’s damage was estimated at $4,458, court records show.
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