by Jordan Green, News Editor
Medical marijuana, Viagra, a gun, and a “fancy man on a motorcycle.”
To some, that might sound like a recipe for fun. It’s the same combination that led police to search a local medical marijuana dispensary in August and file a warrant for the arrest of one of its then-employees.
Jessica Smith-Dunn, a former employee of the Joint Pains dispensary, has been charged in Woods County District Court with one felony count of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance not in the course of legit business. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison.
A warrant for Smith-Dunn’s arrest was issued Oct. 1.
On Aug. 28, Smith-Dunn allegedly sold three THC-infused joints to a man who did not have an Oklahoma Medical Marijuana card, according to Alva police officer John Caviness. The man, whom Caviness identified as a “proven reliable confidential informant,” purchased the joints as part of a “sting” operation conducted by the Alva Police Department.
The department conducted the operation after receiving reports that an employee of the store had sold marijuana to customers without asking to see their medical marijuana cards, Caviness wrote in an affidavit.
The informant allegedly paid for the joints with a $50 bill. Officers wrote down the serial number of the bill so that they could find it in the store later, Caviness said. He said the transaction was recorded on a digital device.
At 4:15 p.m. that afternoon, officers with the Alva Police Department, deputies with the Woods County Sheriff’s Office, and an investigator with the District 26 District Attorney’s Office searched the dispensary. They found the $50 bill used to purchase the joints.
Officers also found a loaded Glock 21 .45-caliber handgun attached to the store’s counter. Officers informed the store’s owner, Shannon Corbitt, that one of his employees is a convicted felon who is “not allowed to be in the immediate area of firearms,” Caviness wrote. Corbitt said the employee no longer worked in the Alva store, and he said he would remove the firearm from the store, Caviness reported in the affidavit.
‘COMMON PRACTICE’
In the affidavit, Caviness alleged that several people were able to purchase marijuana at Joint Pains without being asked to show their medical marijuana cards. Under Oklahoma law, only those who have such a card may legally purchase marijuana.
Caviness said he learned of this practice from a “confidential informant,” a former employee of Joint Pains whom he identified in the affidavit with the date “01-02-2020.”
“On June 7th, 2020, I met 01-02-2020 again who informed me they knew of instances where males traveled from Kansas to Joint Pains in Alva to purchase medical marijuana without a medical card,” Caviness wrote. “I learned from this informant selling marijuana from the dispensary without a medical card to customers was often a common practice.”
VIAGRA PILLS
Caviness alleged in a search warrant that Corbitt illegally sold Viagra pills at the dispensary.
Caviness and Alva police officer Kaleb Keplinger interviewed the former employee identified as “01-02-2020,” who described the pills as “oh d— hard pills,” Caviness reported.
The informant alleged that a medical marijuana distributor in Oklahoma City named Mike Emo traded $1,000 worth of Viagra pills to Corbitt “as an alternative to receiving currency.” The informant alleged that Emo owed Corbitt $5,000.
The informant alleged that Corbitt sells the pills for $7 each. Corbitt cannot legally dispense the pills because he is not a licensed pharmacist, Caviness reported in the affidavit.
‘FANCY MAN’
In the search warrant, informants alleged that Joint Pains employee Jackie Bogart would sell marijuana to attractive men who flirted with her, even if they didn’t have medical marijuana cards.
One confidential informant, identified as “01-03-2020,” told Caviness: “If a fancy man on a motorcycle walked into Joint Pains and says the right smooth words to her, that’s all it would take to purchase marijuana without a medical marijuana card.”
In 2014, Bogart was convicted of a felony count of uttering a forged instrument, Caviness said.
Bogart was not arrested in connection with the Aug. 28 sting operation.
Smith-Dunn is scheduled to make an initial appearance in Woods County District Court on Nov. 10 at 1:30 p.m., online court records show.