Shelby Lee Webster (PCSD file photo)
By Patti Weaver
STILLWATER — A 34-year-old Tryon man, who appeared unconscious before being given two doses of Narcan by Stillwater police, has been jailed on $25,000 bond pending a May 5 court appearance on charges of driving under the influence of an intoxicating substance and transporting an opened container of beer, court records show.
Shelby Lee Webster could be given as much as a life prison term if convicted of DUI after two prior felony convictions, court records show.
Webster was arrested at 9:46 pm on Feb. 13 in a bank parking lot on N. Main Street by Stillwater Police Officer Jacob Rivera, who had been sent there for an overdose, according to his affidavit.
When the officer arrived, two women said, “there is a man in the driver seat not breathing,” the affidavit alleged. “I quickly opened the driver’s door and contacted Shelby Webster sitting in the driver of the still running vehicle. I checked Shelby for a pulse and was able to locate a faint pulse,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“I administered one dose of Narcan up the left nostril of Shelby. I then grabbed a hold of Shelby and pulled him out of the vehicle and laid him on his back on the ground. I continued to find a faint pulse, and I kept sternum rubbing Shelby to wake him up.
“Officer Goree arrived on scene at this time and administered another dose of Narcan up his other nostril.
Approximately 10 to 15 seconds later, Shelby became responsive. While on the ground, I could smell a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from Shelby’s person, and when checking his pupils there were pinpoint, which is consistent to opioid usage.
“Once LifeNet arrived, he was loaded in the ambulance to receive further treatment,” which he refused, the affidavit alleged. “Shelby denied using any illegal substances and claims he passed out from being tired and was now fine.
“When asked, Shelby was not able to recall the incident from when his passenger controlled the vehicle from the passenger seat and was able to pull into a private drive out of the roadway due to him overdosing. Also was not able to remember me administering Narcan and pulling him out of the vehicle.
“As I exited the vehicle, the passenger advised there was an open Budweiser beer in the back that Shelby was drinking,” which was half full and still cold.
“Standard field sobriety tests were not conducted due to Shelby’s impaired condition, and I transported him to Stillwater Medical Center ER for further evaluation to determine if he was fit for incarceration. While at the ER, staff informed me that Shelby was going to be monitored for a couple hours to make sure he does not overdose again after the Narcan wore off.
“Once Shelby was cleared and deemed fit for incarceration, I transported him to the Stillwater Jail for booking,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
At the time of that incident, Webster was free on $25,000 bond on charges of choking his then girlfriend, who was pregnant, and interfering with an emergency phone call on Aug. 17, 2023, court records show.
In that 2023 case which remains pending, Webster had been arrested by Stillwater Police Officer James Droescher at 7:57 pm regarding a domestic assault that had occurred at 1:21 pm, an affidavit alleged.
His girlfriend said, “Shelby had grabbed her face and throat pushing her down onto a bed,” where he struck her in the face while holding a beer can and with a closed fist, the affidavit alleged.
She “had abrasions and swelling to her left cheek, as well as abrasions to her neck and chest,” the affidavit alleged. She said, “at the time of the assault she was 6 to 7 weeks pregnant and that Shelby was aware. She advised that they had been dating for approximately four months, and that the baby was conceived with him,” the affidavit alleged.
According to court records and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Webster had been released from prison in August of 2018, after serving less than a year of two concurrent three-year prison terms for domestic abuse in Pottawatomie County and drunk driving in Creek County, both occurring in 2014, with the sentences imposed in 2017.
