Fake money buys a real drug bust

A call about fake money led to three people getting arrested for drugs and a slew of other charges on Saturday, July 6.

Around 7:55 p.m., Kingston Officer Michael Pierce was running traffic patrol when he received a call from dispatch about “a subject in a dark, blueish colored Honda Accord [that] had just passed a counterfeit $100 dollar bill at the Kingston Sonic Drive-in.”

Once Pierce discovered the car was heading east toward Durant, he turned around in hopes of intercepting the vehicle. Dispatch alerted Pierce that the car had two females in the front seat and an unknown passenger in the back

According to the police report, Pierce passed the suspected car in the “S” curves, approximately one quarter mile east of the Chickasaw Travel Stop. Pierce then flipped around behind the vehicle and initiated the stop.

Once the vehicle came to a stop the driver — later identified as Jessica Lynne King — stepped out of the vehicle. Pierce instructed King to sit back down in the car. Pierce radioed the tag numbers of the car to dispatch to confirm it was in fact the suspected car, and “that it matched the call exactly.”

Pierce approached the vehicle and instructed King to roll down all of the windows, to which she informed him that the driver window and rear windows would not roll down. Then, through the open driver door, Pierce asked for King’s and the other two passengers’ IDs and the insurance to the vehicle.

King produced an Oklahoma Identification Card for herself and an Oklahoma License for the front seat passenger, Hope Reane Harrington. The male passenger in the back seat did not have any identification on him, but informed Pierce his name was James Elliott Horton.

While waiting for the subjects’ Wants and Warrants information, Marshall County Deputy Kasey Cox and Kingston OfficerDakota Hanksarrived on scene. Dispatch then informed Pierce that King, the driver, only had an identification card and King and Harrington were negative on warrants. Horton, however, had an active warrant from Marshall County.

Pierce then returned to the vehicle and informed them that King was being placed under arrest for operating a motor vehicle without a license and Horton was placed under arrest. Pierce then had Harrington exit the vehicle so he could search it by incident to arrest.

While searching the vehicle, Pierce found a small pink diary with money sticking out of it. Upon further investigation of the nine one-hundred dollar bills, Pierce recognized them as being counterfeit. Cox concurred with Pierce that they appeared fake. The officer then used a money marker from the Texoma Tackle Store to further conclude the bills were in fact fake.

Officer Hanks was assisting the search, and located a small black makeup bag in a hidden compartment in the rear seat. Upon inspection of the bag, Hanks found two more counterfeit one-hundred dollar bills, several end caps to medical syringes, a small bag scale, a leopard print eyeglass case and a medium size bag with a white, crystal substance in it.

The officers opened the eye glass case to find five syringes, a small glass meth pipe, a multicolored marijuana pipe and a plastic baggie tied off with a white crystal-like substance in it.

Officers places all three suspects under arrest. Cox and Hanks transported Harrington and Horton respectively. Pierce took King to Sonic where the manager, Trent Stanberry, positively identified King as the one who gave him the counterfeit money. Pierce was also able to retrieve the counterfeit bill that King gave the manager.

All three suspects were booked into the Marshall County Jail for Second Degree Forgery, Possession of a Controlled Substance (Meth), Possession of Paraphernalia and trafficking Methamphetamine of 20 grams or more.

An online search showed that King has multiple felonies out of Bryan County for Possession, Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property, Burglary and Unlawful Use of a Motor Vehicle. Harrington has two felonies out of Bryan County for Possession and Second Degree Forgery and is currently charged with a Second Degree Burglary.

Horton’s records show multiple felonies out of Bryan County for Second Degree Burglary, Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Methamphetamine After a Convicted Felony, Possession of a Firearm After Conviction or During Probation and other crimes. He is also charged with a Misdemeanor Larceny of Merchandise from a Retailer in Marshall County.