
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — An Edmond man suspected of being the largest fentanyl distributor in Stillwater has been ordered to stand trial in Payne County on racketeering and drug conspiracy charges.
Cord Leshandon Moore, 29, a twice-convicted drug trafficker released from prison last summer, remains jailed on $2 million bail pending his district court arraignment on Aug. 15.
Due to his criminal record, Moore could be given three life prison terms if convicted of a three-count charge filed by Payne County First Assistant District Attorney Debra Vincent.
Five of Moore’s alleged associates testified against Moore at his preliminary hearing last week in return for receiving drug rehabilitation and probation on their charges.
Questioned by prosecutor Jose Villarreal, a witness, who said he met Moore in high school, said “I began to drive for him.” He testified he picked up fentanyl from Moore near a store in Edmond, delivered the drug to Payne County, and “would bring the money to him myself.”
A woman, who said she met Moore when she was 10 or 11, testified she saw “thousands of (fentanyl) pills in his motel room.” She testified that she got pills from Moore every week and came to Stillwater to distribute them.
A Payne County man, who said “I got 250 pills one time,” testified his friend delivered the pills obtained from Moore. “A lot of people around town were getting them,” he testified.
A Payne County woman testified she saw Moore with 400 or 500 pills that sold for about $5 each. Under cross-examination from defense attorney Irven Box of Oklahoma City, she admitted she has sold fentanyl.
A Stillwater man, who said he smoked fentanyl off tin foil eight to 10 times a day, testified he would drive a dealer around five or six times a week. “The dealer had 20-50 — I’d get 10. Normally, he’d say he got the pills from Cordie. We’d meet in (a store’s) parking lot. I’d park a few spots over diagonally,” from Moore’s car, he testified.
Stillwater Police Detective Newly McSpadden testified, “Throughout the last six months, we’ve arrested numerous individuals who said they were getting fentanyl from Cord Moore. They primarily come in a little blue pill” with the imprint M 30.
“These pills are commonly referred to as ‘foxy’s’ or ‘blues,"” according to the detective’s affidavit. “Most individuals stated Cord Moore lives in the Edmond or Guthrie area and will not come to Stillwater in fear of getting arrested,” his affidavit alleged.
Moore was arrested by Edmond police on March 18 on a Payne County warrant, authorities said.
According to court records, Moore had been released from prison last August after serving less than five years of three concurrent 15-year sentences for trafficking methamphetamine and cocaine base in Stillwater, along with possessing marijuana with intent to distribute in 2016.
Moore had also been convicted of acquiring proceeds from drug activity in two separate cases and being a felon in possession of a gun, all in 2016, as well as possessing a drug within 2,000 feet of a park or school in 2013, state Department of Corrections records show.
“The Payne County District Attorney’s Office was not in favor of his release,” from prison to 15 years of probation, Stillwater Police Lt. Terry Low said in a news release.