By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Cushing man, who was arrested by Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Donato Lomboy following a traffic stop at 2:25 am on Oct. 1 in rural Cushing, has been jailed on $100,000 bail pending a Nov. 4 court appearance on charges of trafficking fentanyl, possessing syringes as drug paraphernalia, and transporting an opened container of an alcoholic beverage.
If convicted of a three-count charge on which he was arraigned this week, Billy Joe Grandstaff Jr., 33, could be incarcerated for 21 years plus six months and fined $101,500, court records show.
The sheriff’s deputy alleged in an affidavit that he was on patrol in the area of Little and North Streets in Cushing at 2:25 am on Oct. 1 when he saw a cracked windshield on a black Honda Civic that was being driven by Grandstaff.
“Deputy Colin Seaton said that “he noticed an open container of alcohol (Twisted Tea) in the center console cup holder in reach of the driver,” Deputy Lomboy alleged in his affidavit.
After Grandstaff and two women were asked to step out of the car so that it could be checked for any other open containers, “I observed a red and black Adidas bag with ‘Billy G’ written on the front and several syringes visible through the mesh pocket on the back of the bag sitting in the rear passenger area,” where Grandstaff’s girlfriend had been, Deputy Lomboy alleged in his affidavit.
“In my training and experience, these types of syringes are commonly used to inject methamphetamine into the body,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.
“Deputy Seaton retrieved the bag from the back passenger area and located a cigarette box in the front pocket of the bag,” containing two baggies with a white crystal-like substance that field-tested as fentanyl, the deputy alleged in his affidavit.
“Deputy Seaton also located a glass pipe with a white crystal-like substance inside of the bag,” that had ten syringes, one of which was loaded with a substance that tested as fentanyl, the affidavit alleged.
All three occupants of the car said they didn’t know whose bag it was, the affidavit alleged.
No charges were filed against the female passengers in the car, court records show.
