A report of reckless driving resulted in one felony and one misdemeanor charge against a suspect with a Sayre, Oklahoma address. According to a felony document filed in the District Court of Seminole County, Justin Marc Ford, 49, is charged with one felony count of unlawful possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute and one misdemeanor charge of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs.

A probable cause affidavit filed in this case states that on Aug. 1 at about 9:39 a.m., Seminole County Sheriff’s Deputy Kendra Goodwin was dispatched after a suspicious person in a white 4-door car was reported to be “driving all over the roadway.” When she arrived Officer Keith Pearson with the Seminole Nation Lighthorse had detained the suspect and explained he was waiting for a ride to pick him up since his driver’s license was revoked.

Deputy Goodwin asked Ford if he had been drinking or used any illegal substance and he stated no, according to the affidavit. Ford also replied that he was not an enrolled tribal member, although his wife is. He also stated that he had a medical marijuana card, but it was “at home.” He stated there was no medical marijuana in the vehicle.

When Deputy Goodwin asked if she could look in his vehicle he asked if she was going to “throw things around.” He added he “had a lot of stuff and tools from work in there,” avoiding the question, the affidavit states. When asked if there were any weapons in the vehicle, Ford stated no, but there was an airsoft rifle he used to shoot turtles.

The affidavit states Deputy Goodwin observed the rifle in plain view from the driver’s side, and also detected a faint odor of marijuana. She next observed a box containing a couple of mason jars, one brown and one clear. Inside the clear jar there was a bag that appeared to contain a green, leafy substance, according to the affidavit. Goodwin next observed cans of beer in the front, passenger seat. When she walked to the passenger side to see if any of the containers were open, she observed an open bottle of beer that was half empty, the affidavit states. Asked why he had lied about drinking, Ford stated that he had “just started drinking.”

Deputy Goodwin opened the driver side door and placed the open container on the trunk of the car. She pulled a box from the back seat floor and opened the brown mason jar and observed a large quantity of a green, leafy substance in a plastic bag, while the clear mason jar contained two plastic bags containing a green, leafy substance as well, according to the affidavit. Because the alleged marijuana was not in proper medical canisters or medical packaging, a search of the vehicle was conducted.

The affidavit states that Goodwin found two smaller plastic bags of marijuana under a soft drink can in the cup holder. She also allegedly found a metal device used for smoking marijuana and a total amount of $240 in $20-dollar-bills, and three medical marijuana containers with “roaches” of a green, leafy substance. There was also a case of canned beer, and one empty beer can with a hole cut in the side and several small holes punched in the other side that Ford stated he had used for “smoking weed,” the affidavit states.

Inside a small compartment built into the dash just below the radio/air conditioner vents Goodwin found a glass pipe that contained a white, crystal-like substance/residue and two small plastic bags that contained a white, crystal-like substance that Goodwin believed was methamphetamine, based on her training and experience, the affidavit states.

Ford was placed under arrest and transported to the Seminole jail. The affidavit states that the white crystal substance yielded a presumptive positive for methamphetamine, with one bag weighing approximately 4.5 grams and the other weighing approximately 3.0 grams. The marijuana in the brown mason jar weighed approximately 31 grams, the marijuana from the clear jar weighed approximately 19.7 grams, and the smaller bags of marijuana weighed approximately 1.7 grams.

Bond was set at $20,000, according to the court minutes that were filed with this case.