May 24, 2016
By Paragon News Director Paul Joseph –
An Oklahoma City man is in the Beckham County Detention Center on a $20-thousand dollar bond on a drug possession charge.
56-year-old Michael Shawn Blevins was arrested by Elk City police recently when they were sent to the Wal-Mart parking lot regarding a suspicious person report.
According to a police report, just minutes after midnight, a man was seen shining a flash light around the parked cars. When police arrived, they spotted a blue Honda backed into a parking space with only one subject inside. Blevins was found in the back seat shining a light. He was allegedly seen with a syringe in his hand, attempting to stick himself, using the flashlight to see.
When he saw police, he allegedly tried to conceal the syringe in his right hand, the report says. He then tried to palm the syringe in a cheetah print bag on the seat beside him, but as he was moving the bag, officers say the handle of a M&P shield handgun in the bag.
Michael told police that he was diabetic and was giving himself a shot of insulin. When asked if he was type 1 or a type 2 diabetic, he stated type 1.
The officer then stated that only type 2 diabetics need insulin at which point Blevins hung his head and allegedly stated, “you know what it is.”
Inside the bag, police allegedly found 6 baggies containing various quantities of a white crystal like substance that they believed to be methamphetamine.
He was arrested and has been charged with possession of a controlled, dangerous substance and possession of a firearm after former felony conviction.
His preliminary hearing is set in district court for June 21.
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