THE December 8, 1988 Vol. 87, No. 25
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Thursday Edition
Central State University, Edmond, Oklahoma
Five nabbed in drug bust (Top photo, left) CSU Police Officer Ronnie King escorts a suspect picked up in a drug bust in East Hall Wednesday. (Photo by Martha Giglio)
(Bottom photo) Sgt. Ed Forbes (right) carries
suspected drugs and paraphernalia confiscated from East Hall, while Officer Kirk Lee prepares to enter the van. (Photo by Martha Giglio.) (Lab work by Danette Intrieri, Trent Tompkins and Tim Earley)
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By Valli Covert
Associate Editor Three Central State University students were arrested yesterday on suspicion of distribution of a control dangerous substance after twelve officers from the Edmond Police Department and campus police surrounded and stormed East Hall, said CSU Police Chief Bob Roberts. Kenneth E. Hall, 23, of Wichita, Kan.; James A. Clay, 18, of Jay, Okla.; and Donald S. Truitt, 26, of Bethany were arrested shortly after 2 p.m. Another suspect in the case, Kurt J. Wise, 19, was arrested at about 3:30 p.m., in his classroom in the Liberal Arts Building, Roberts said. The fifth suspect in the case,
whom police did not identify, was arrested at about 5:45 p.m. Four of the suspects were booked into Oklahoma County Jail last night, said County Deputy Charles Grubb. Charges are expected to be filed later, Roberts said. Campus police and Director of Auxiliary Services Bob Field's office received complaints from residents who said they smelled marijuana. "The dorm patrol officer, Elic Bostik, also smelled it," Roberts said. Edmond police undercover officers did the majority of the work. The undercover surveillance started shortly after the start of the fall semester, Roberts said. "It was a judgement call (to go in). We thought with the bad
weather and finals all of them would be in their rooms," Roberts said. "An undercover operation can be on-going or pop up as needed," he said. Police did not see any narcotics, but did confiscate some items from one of the rooms, CSU police Sgt. Ed Forbes said. Some knives, including what was identified as a double-edged fighting knife, were confiscated from one of the rooms along with drug paraphernalia, including roach clips and razors, and a jug of water that police said will be tested for cocaine residue, Forbes said. "As far as we know, all five worked independently of each other, but we believe two had the same supplier," Roberts said. "We're not going to put up with it (drugs). We'd like to think this would make them stop and not come up here," he said. "Administration is 100 percent 'behind a drug-free campus and will give us whatever help we need in accomplishing that," Roberts said. Last spring, CSU police arrested seven people involved with drugs. Five of those were convicted on drug related-charges.
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