May 20, 2019
By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph –
Two people fail to appear for their preliminary hearings and a third one has been bound over in a case of trafficking illegal drugs in the wee hours of Christmas Eve last year in Beckham County.
In all, four were arrested during the incident, three on trafficking and a fourth man, 29-year-old Andrew Gillian of Elk City was arrested on local warrants.
Both 34-year-old Jennifer Lee Hannah of Cordell and 41-year-old Jason Lee Canterberry of Nicholas Hills, Oklahoma recently failed to appear in Beckham County District Court for court dates on felony charges and warrants have been issued for their arrests. Canterberry has forfeited his $30-thousand dollar bail bond; Hannah forfeited her bond of $20-thousand dollars.
According to an Elk City police report at the time of their arrests, an on-duty officer observed a pickup turn west-bound down a dead-end street surrounded by closed businesses. The pickup then asked the officer for directions and when it pulled away, the non-illuminating center mounted brake lamp was observed to be malfunctioning.
The driver, Hannah, couldn’t provide a driver’s license nor insurance papers and then stated the vehicle belonged to someone else.
Police noted in the report that he could detect an odor of burnt marijuana and additionally noticed a small corner of a plastic baggie which appeared to be melted. At the same time, a front seat passenger began to dig around and move excessively, finally appearing to hide something in his lap with a jacket on top. Eventually, the passenger, Canterberry handed police a loaded pistol magazine.
Allegedly found in Canterberry’s pocket was a Red Seal snuff that held small zip lock style baggies containing suspected methamphetamine.
During a search of the vehicle, police allegedly found a number of baggies containing more meth as well as a 9 mm
Beretta pistol, a grinder, four used syringes and a small plastic baggie on the rear bumper that contained what later tested positive for heroin.
A follow-up search allegedly located syringes, a spoon and a plastic box with more meth and a set of digital scales. The combined weight of the suspected meth, which later tested positive, weighed 22.5 grams.
Hannah, Canterberry and Hargrove were arrested for trafficking drugs.
Hargrove is due in District Court in Sayre on Wednesday afternoon at 1:30.
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