(Stillwater, Okla.) — A former Cushing man who was arrested in the Perkins High School parking lot has been charged with possessing methamphetamine, being intoxicated in public and having drug paraphernalia, all on April 6.
Taudje Nicholas Ewy, 25, now of Yale, was released from the Payne County Jail after posting $10,000 bond on April 11, court records show. He was ordered to appear in court on May 5 with an attorney on the three-count charge, court records show.
Perkins Deputy Police Chief Steve Hensley was advised at 7:37 a.m. on April 6 that a maroon Honda SUV was traveling recklessly east on Highway 33 from Highway 108, according to his affidavit.
Hensley went to the Perkins Fire Department on Highway 33 to wait for the vehicle, but he never saw it there, according to his affidavit.
About 10 minutes later, Hensley was advised that the vehicle had pulled into the Perkins High School lot and parked by the gym, his affidavit said.
“When I arrived, I saw two men sitting on pipe fence rail,” the younger of whom identified himself as the driver of the maroon SUV, the Perkins deputy police chief alleged in his affidavit.
“When the male got up and walked towards the SUV, I noticed he was staggering and having a hard time walking straight,” Hensley alleged in his affidavit.
Ewy did not smell of alcohol, but he was speaking slowly and slurring his speech, the affidavit alleged.
Asked if he had taken any medication or drugs, Ewy said no, according to the affidavit.
“I told Ewy, due to his slow and slurred speech and the way he was unable to walk normally, I believed he is under some type of narcotic,” the Perkins deputy police chief wrote in his affidavit.
After Hensley determined that Ewy’s car would not start due to battery cable problems, Ewy was arrested for public intoxication, instead of actual physical control of a vehicle while under a narcotic, the affidavit said.
During an inventory of Ewy’s vehicle, the Perkins deputy police chief found a black eyeglass case containing marijuana and a dietary supplement bottle with crystal methamphetamine inside, the affidavit alleged.
A glass smoking device containing marijuana was also in the bottle, the affidavit alleged.
Ewy said that the black case and marijuana were his, the affidavit alleged.
“When he was asked about the crystal substance, he said he got it from his homie,” the affidavit alleged.
The crystal substance field-tested as methamphetamine; the leafy substance field-tested as positive for marijuana, the affidavit alleged.
If convicted of possession of methamphetamine, Ewy could be given a prison sentence of two to 10 years and a $5,000 fine, court records show.
If convicted of possessing drug paraphernalia, Ewy could be given a one-year jail term and a $1,000 fine, court records show.
If convicted of public intoxication, Ewy could be given a 30-day jail term and a $100 fine, court records show.
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