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September 4, 2012

Meth case expands to 32 defendants

Alleged suspects included Edmond son, mother

Mark Schlachtenhaufen The Edmond Sun The Edmond Sun Tue Sep 04, 2012, 12:04 PM CDT

EDMOND — The number of defendants in a case stemming from the disruption of a large Mexican meth network in central Oklahoma has nearly doubled, court records show.

Last month, personnel with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations announced that 17 suspects had been arrested. They served 30 arrest warrants, mostly in Oklahoma County.

In a felony case filed July 27 in Oklahoma County District Court, the number of defendants now stands at 32, according to the Oklahoma State Courts Network online database. Meth shipments from Mexico, some up to 10 pounds each week, were brought into central Oklahoma where the drug would be divided and resold in different locations around the state.

Most of the defendants were scattered around Oklahoma City. Others were from Watonga, Norman, El Reno, Del City, Edmond and Okemah. One is from Los Angeles.

OBN spokesman Mark Woodward said it is common for the number of arrests to grow during an operation such as this, which was part of a year-long joint undercover investigation. His agency has concluded its part, Woodward said.

The following defendants, most of whom already have entered a plea in court, have been formally charged by the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office with conspiracy to traffic meth:

• Stanley Shane Ballard, 26, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Tasha Renee Ballard, 31, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Crystal K. Carlson, 25, of Norman; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• Maurico Cruz, 32, of Los Angeles; plea was not yet posted online;

• Kimberly Michelle Gallina, 29, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Yesenia Hernandez-Fajarado, 30, of Oklahoma City; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• Christopher Bruce Hiddleston, 26, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Steven H. Hunter, 41, of Oklahoma City; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• Jesus Mora-Herrera, 27, of Oklahoma City; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• David Leo Morton, 47, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Ronald Ray Newberry, 53, of Oklahoma City; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• Seth Harvey Speed, 30, of Lawton; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• Herman Zasueta-Beltran, 21, of Oklahoma City; has entered a plea of not guilty.

The following defendants, most of whom already have entered a plea in court, have been formally charged by the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office with using a communication facility or telephone to facilitate the commission of a felony:

• Larry Dean Black, 27, of Watonga; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• Kevin Dale Bolter, 38, listed as a transient; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• James Robert Greer, 34, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Christopher Bruce Hiddleston, 26, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Katie Nicole Houchin, 30, El Reno; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• Tabatha Starr Leeper, 28, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Jay Leon Lile, 69, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Kalli Reann McClure, 23, of Norman; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• David Wayne McCurley, 47, of Oklahoma City; entered a plea of not guilty;

• Charles William Reed, 30, of Del City; entered a plea of not guilty;

• Earl Wayne Salisbury, 34, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Glen Franklin Salisbury, 34, of Oklahoma City; entered a plea of not guilty;

• Krysty Jean Scholes, 36, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Jacob Lynn Stilwell, 27, of Edmond; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• Jerrie Lavon Stilwell, 50, of Oklahoma City, was originally reported by the OBN to be from Edmond; has entered a plea of not guilty;

• Jenny Deann Vice, 37, of Oklahoma City; plea was not yet posted online;

• Owen Shane Wilson, 35, of Okemah; plea was not yet posted online;

• Gary Robert Winkcompleck, 31, of Oklahoma City; has entered a plea of not guilty.

Adrienne Inez Santos, 43, of Oklahoma City, and Miguel Angel Aguirre, 34, of Oklahoma City, are listed as defendants in the online database and are scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing conference in September. Their specific charges were not yet listed online. Both have entered a plea of not guilty.

Bond amounts ranged from $10,000 to $70,000, according to court records. Twenty of the defendants have prior convictions. In the U.S. legal system, innocence or guilt is determined by a court of law. Until then, defendants are to be presumed innocent.

Earlier in the week, The Edmond Sun reported on convictions in another joint investigation that curbed a Mexican drug trafficking organization operating in the Oklahoma City area. In that case, 21 defendants were convicted. They were all from Mexico.

marks@edmondsun.com | 341-2121, ext. 108

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