Alysa Smith
(PCSD file photo)
By Patti Weaver
STILLWATER — A 28-year-old Tulsa woman has been given a five-year prison term for trafficking methamphetamine in Cushing — seven months after she was charged with possessing the drugs pregabalin and oxycodone in Stillwater.
Alysa Marie Smith, who previously lived in Stillwater, pleaded guilty to all of her drug charges on March 13 before Payne County District Judge Jason Reese, who ordered that her sentences run concurrently as recommended by the prosecution.
She had been jailed on $150,000 bond since her arrest at 6:44 am on Jan. 11 in the Cushing parking lot of Casey’s General Store on Main Street — about 22 minutes after Cushing Police Officer David Smith was sent there on a welfare check, according to his affidavit.
One of her relatives had reported, “she had received a phone call from Alysa Smith, who stated she was broken down” there, an affidavit said. The relative “advised that Alysa ‘wasn’t talking right’ and expressed concern for Alysa’s well-being,” the affidavit said.
The officer wrote in his affidavit, “During my initial contact, Smith stated she had recently left Perkins and claimed that a male named Ed had been following her. Smith stated she believed the male was law enforcement and advised she had been circling around, which she demonstrated with a circular hand motion.
“Smith further stated the male instructed her to get into his vehicle, which caused her to panic. Smith stated she struck a curb, resulting in a blown front driver-side tire. I observed the tire to be completely deflated, with the rim resting on the concrete and minimal tire rubber remaining. I also observed damage to the front bumper near the driver-side wheel well.
“Smith stated she was attempting to travel eastbound on East Main (in Cushing) toward Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she resides. Smith appeared extremely nervous throughout the encounter, including excessive movements, inconsistent explanations and visible agitation, despite officers being present to assist with her welfare. Smith stated she had been at a friend’s residence in Perkins, where she fell asleep and later decided to drive home.
“While Smith searched for her identification, I observed her repeatedly digging through a black bag located on the passenger seat and retrieving a Michael Kors purse from the rear floorboard. Smith later stated the Michael Kors purse belonged to her and requested it accompany her to jail.
“While awaiting assistance for Smith’s disabled vehicle, I deployed my K9 partner, K9 Blitz, to conduct a free-air sniff of the exterior of the vehicle. Smith became increasingly nervous and repeatedly emphasized that the black bag on the passenger seat was not hers. Smith clutched the Michael Kors purse and continued digging through it…I instructed Smith to leave the purse inside the vehicle.
“K9 Blitz conducted a free-air sniff around the exterior of the vehicle and exhibited a clear change in behavior at the driver-side front door seam, including stiffening of posture, intensified sniffing and a final trained alert by sitting. Following the alert, I conducted a pat-down search of Smith for officer safety.”
During an ensuing search, the officer found in her left jacket pocket a container with a white powdery, rock-like substance that fell to the ground, which field-tested as fentanyl, and a second container in her right jacket pocket with multiple alprazolam pills, for which she was given a concurrent one-year jail term to her prison sentence.
“I conducted a search of the vehicle and its contents. Inside the Michael Kors purse, I located a wad of U.S. currency concealed separately from Smith’s wallet. In the same interior pocket, I located a straw containing a white crystal-like substance. Additional straws containing similar residue were located throughout the vehicle,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
Master Patrol Officer Christopher Haywood “searched the black bag on the passenger seat and located a gallon-size baggy containing a large sandwich-style baggy with a significant quantity of a white crystal-like substance. The bag also contained several straws, two used syringes, multiple unused small baggies consistent with narcotics packaging, a smaller baggy containing the same substance and a digital scale covered in residue,” the affidavit said.
A field-test of the substance showed positive for methamphetamine that weighed about 84.5 grams, the affidavit alleged. In her written guilty plea, Smith admitted that she had 74.77 grams of methamphetamine, along with .17 grams of fentanyl and alprazolam, court records show.
At the time of her arrest in Cushing, she was free on a personal recognizance bond on a felony charge of possessing the drug pregabalin with intent to distribute and a misdemeanor count of possessing oxycodone, both in Stillwater on June 5, 2025, for which she received concurrent sentences of five years in prison and one year in jail. Her car had been searched after Stillwater Police Detective Newly McSpadden’s K9 Jaro indicated the presence of the odor of drugs in her black Hyundai Elantra, an affidavit said.
