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Published: November 19, 2009 10:42 am
Crack bust followed months of investigation
By Randy Mitchell
Staff Writer
ADA — The arrests Wednesday of 18 people in connection with dealing crack cocaine was preceded by months of investigation, according to officials.
Ada, Sulphur and Davis police, agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN), U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and District 22 Drug Task Force, Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse police and Pontotoc and Murray County sheriff’s deputies set out in the early morning hours to make the arrests.
Ada Police Captain Jeff Crosby said the Ada Police Narcotics Unit (APNU) began an investigation after learning a Fort Worth, Texas man, Jeffrey Scott, 46, was reportedly supplying the drugs to alleged dealers in the Ada area.
“We received information last August (2008) that Jeffrey Scott was selling (crack) cocaine here in Ada,” Crosby said.
Crosby said members of the APNU kept a close watch on an Ada resident who drove to Davis and conducted a drug deal with Scott and that’s when they were alerted to Scott as an alleged drug supplier.
Crosby said they continued to investigate Scott and his alleged selling of crack in several towns in Oklahoma.
“At that point we could see it looked like he was selling in Pauls Valley, Davis, Sulphur and Wynnewood (as well as Ada),” Crosby said.
The APNU contacted the OBN and DEA in January 2009 and the three agencies widened the investigation. Crosby said every time Scott would cross the Red River into Oklahoma, officers would watch as he made multiple drug sales. Scott was the main supplier of crack cocaine to the Ada area, according to Crosby.
All suspects were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine. Police still have several more arrest warrants and additional arrests are expected.
District Attorney Chris Ross said all suspects could be charged under the Oklahoma Corrupt Organizations Act.
Arrested in Ada were the following:
Valerie Beal, 59
Shirley Royal, 54
William Don Cubitt, 62
Sally Harris, 44
Marcus Rogers, 24
Carolyn Arles, 23
Regina Franklin, 48
James D. Brown, 50
Daisy Black, 49
Susan Hess, 46
Mona Seals, 64
In Davis ...
Carolyn Ervin Smith, 48
Marina Bailey, 49
Nicklas Sodors, 27
Roy A. Smith, 56
In Pauls Valley ...
Daryl Sanders, 49
Kenneth Veales, 40
In Wagoner ...
Bubba Coulter, 36
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