By: Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Stillwater man, who was released from prison in May after serving time for robbery, has been charged with possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute in Payne County.
Jorge Luis Martinez, 31, remains jailed on $150,000 bail pending a Jan. 6 court appearance on the felony charge punishable by as much as a life prison term and $100,000 fine on conviction.
Martinez was a front-seat passenger in a truck on which Stillwater Police Officer Jimmy Knox made a traffic stop at 505 E. Hall of Fame at 9:37 p.m. on Dec. 4, an affidavit alleged.
The driver, who made an illegal right turn by pulling into the outside lane instead of the first available lane, had a “dry mouth and even stated multiple times he was nervous even after being assured he was receiving a warning,” Stillwater Police Officer Josh Carson alleged in an affidavit.
After the driver was asked to step out of the vehicle because of his nervous behavior, Stillwater Police Officer Christopher Hummel found two glass methamphetamine pipes with residue during an officer safety pat down, the affidavit alleged.
The driver said that the methamphetamine pipes were his and that he didn’t know what else was in the vehicle, the affidavit alleged.
When Stillwater Police Detective Newly McSpadden had his K9 partner perform a free air sniff of the vehicle, the narcotics detection dog “alerted to the odor of illegal drugs emanating” from the truck, the affidavit alleged.
“Fifteen grams of methamphetamine, black tar heroin, syringes, marijuana, and other paraphernalia were located inside the vehicle,” the affidavit alleged.
The male driver and two female back-seat passengers “all stated they traveled to pick up Jorge in Stillwater. Jorge provided each of them methamphetamine for consumption,” the affidavit alleged.
The trio “confirmed they witnessed Jorge make three stops around Stillwater to sell methamphetamine,” the affidavit alleged. The trio “stated they knew Jorge was a methamphetamine dealer,” and known gang member, the affidavit alleged.
Martinez was the only one in the truck charged with a felony in the case, court records show. The driver from out of town was accused only of misdemeanor counts of having no driver’s license and possessing drug paraphernalia. The female passengers from out of town were charged with misdemeanor counts of possessing a drug and paraphernalia.
According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Martinez was released from prison on May 17 after serving three years and two months of a five-year incarceration sentence for committing a robbery by two or more persons in Logan County in 2015, to a five-year probationary sentence on which he remains.
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