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Man accused in pharmacy theft
A 23-year-old Moore man accused of entering a Moore pharmacy, jumping over the pharmacy counter and snatching two, 500-tablet bottles of Vicodin, a popular synthetic narcotic, was charged Wednesday in Cleveland County District Court.
Ricky Deshane Roden is charged with larceny of a controlled dangerous substance.
According to Moore police, Roden entered CVS Pharmacy in the 800 block of Southeast 4th Street just after noon Saturday, vaulted the counter and ran out with two large bottles of the narcotic. Vicodin contains the synthetic narcotic pain reliever hydrocodone, one of the most popular abused pharmaceutical substances in Oklahoma, according to drug enforcement agents.
Moore police apprehended Roden approximately five minutes later, “hiding behind a trash can near 813 SE 5th St.,” according to court documents.
Also Wednesday, Corey Ryan Stone, 25, Norman, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, after former conviction of a felony; and unlawful possession of a firearm by a supervised probationer.
A sheriff’s deputy said he went to serve a warrant Saturday for Stone’s arrest at a residence in the 1300 block of Crownpoint Avenue. After knocking several times, Stone answered the door holding a loaded .12 gauge shotgun, the deputy said.
Stone was being served a warrant for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (automobile), stemming from a Sept. 2 incident, when a man was allegedly assaulted outside his residence in Norman.
Last Feb. 26, Stone was handed a 10-year suspended sentence after entering a plea of “no contest” to a reduced charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon with intent to injure. Stone originally was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill, in the Sept. 15, 2006, stabbing of Jayson M. Click, 27, Norman, outside Mr. Bill's Restaurant, 1101 Elm Ave.
Stone was placed on two years’ supervision, and ordered to pay $10,000 restitution toward Click’s medical bills.
Other felonies filed recently include:
• Curtis Gene Pruett, 32, Norman, assault with a dangerous weapon;
• Corey Brandon Ramirez, 25, Oklahoma City, operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol;
• Amy Rebecca Jewell, 31, Norman, larceny of controlled dangerous substances;
• Dewayne Ray Butler, 46, Yukon, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor (personal injury accident);
• Michael Patrick McGee, 20, Moore, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute;
• Brittany Ann Love, 21, Norman, unlawful possession of marijuana within 1,000 feet of a park; failure to display a tax stamp on a controlled dangerous substance;
• Terry Alan Colbert, 51, Norman, assault and battery upon a police officer;
• Oren Wayne Hopkins, 27, Oklahoma City, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous drug;
• Edward Douglas Smart, 31, Norman, driving under the influence, after former conviction of a felony;
• Joseph Paul Sorby, 48, Norman, unlawful possession of marijuana; operating a motor vehicle under the influence of an intoxicating liquor;
• Randall Levi Lewis, 26, Lexington, eluding while endangering others;
• Cynthia Jean Holt, 29, address unknown, uttering a forged instrument;
• Allison Sloan Hibbits, 28, Oklahoma City, assault and battery upon a police officer;
• Gerald Ray Rogers, 47, Norman, driving under the influence of drugs; unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
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