By Patti Weaver

 

    (Stillwater, Okla.) — A Cushing man, who was originally charged with trafficking methamphetamine at his camper behind a house in the 800 block of W. Moses Street in Cushing, has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of possessing the drug with intent to distribute.
    John “Nick” Odle, 40, was ordered last week to enroll in and successfully complete the Payne County Drug Court program by Associate District Judge Michael Kulling, who told him to return to court on Dec. 5 for a status review.
    Odle had been arrested at 3:35 pm on Feb. 3 by Payne County Sheriff’s Investigator Brandon Myers, who was granted a search warrant for the camper trailer, according to his affidavit.
    Two visitors, Kevin Ledgerwood and Kevin Odle, were also arrested but only charged with misdemeanor drug possession, court records show.
    “John ‘Nick’ Nicholas Odle, the primary resident of the camper trailer, had approximate 22 grams of methamphetamine, a large amount of unused baggies, four working digital scales, a blue bowl with a white powder residue in the bowl and on the spoon — and two drug ledgers.
    “He also had in the camper, in the living area, a black Glock 19 pistol that is almost visually identical to a real Glock 19 pistol and is a convicted felon,” the investigator wrote in his affidavit.
    According to the state Department of Corrections and court records, John “Nick” Odle had previously been convicted of:
    * possessing morphine sulfate in Drumright in 2016 for which he was placed on five years of probation in 2016;
    * possessing methamphetamine in Cushing after a former felony conviction in 2016 for which he was placed on five years of probation in 2017;
    * possessing oxycodone in Perkins after a former felony conviction in 2016 for which he was initially placed on eight years of probation in 2017, but after being terminated from Drug Court, seven months later he was sent to the Bill Johnson Drug Offender Work Camp where he was incarcerated for 10 months in 2018.