(Stillwater, Okla.) – A Yale truck theft charge was dropped by the prosecution last week against a Cushing man, who then admitted he had violated the terms of his probationary deferred sentence in a 2016 Cushing methamphetamine possession case.
In court last week, Tommy Lee Oberbeck Jr., 46, was given a five-year suspended sentence for possessing methamphetamine in Cushing on Feb. 3, 2016, by Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler, who also ordered him to pay $452 restitution in the now-dismissed Yale truck theft case.
A year ago, Oberbeck’s methamphetamine sentence had been deferred on conditions including having a substance abuse evaluation, doing any recommended treatment, undergoing random drug tests, complying with the methamphetamine registry, showing proof of employment or WorkForce enrollment, performing 50 hours of community service and paying $810 in assessments, court records show.
In the now-dismissed case, Oberbeck had been charged two months ago with larceny of a motor vehicle on May 3, which was headed toward Norfolk Road, court records show.
Yale Assistant Police Chief Ken Moore wrote in an affidavit, “I was told that the guy had been over at a house…pointed out to me.
“Two of the people there told me it was one of the Oberbeck brothers; a third person there told me it was Tommy Oberbeck Jr. None of these people would go on the record or write a statement.”
The stolen truck was recovered the next day by the Payne County Sheriff’s Office, the affidavit said.
In 2012, Oberbeck had been given a five-year suspended sentence for obtaining property by false pretense from a Cushing oilfield service business, court records show. In that case, Oberbeck was ordered to pay $500 restitution and a $250 fine, along with performing recommendations in a background report and 25 hours of community service, court records show.
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