By Cass Rains, Staff Writer
Enid News and Eagle
ENID — A 19-year-old Enid woman is in custody on drug complaints after allegedly attempting to run from police Friday.
Tempest Marchea Owens failed to appear in Garfield County District Court for sentencing on three felony charges Friday and a warrant was issued for her arrest, according to online court records.
Enid Police Department narcotics detectives saw a woman they knew to be Owens enter a residence about 12:35 p.m. at 709 W. Elm, across the street from Emerson Middle School. When detectives knocked at the door a man answered and initially denied Owens was inside but later told officers she was inside the home, said Capt. Jack Morris.
When detectives entered the home they saw marijuana inside the residence and Owens and a 17-year-old juvenile male leaving through a window, according to Morris.
Police chased Owens and the teen, catching Owens a few blocks away from the Elm address. The teen was apprehended near Van Buren and Randolph, Morris said. Detectives obtained a search warrant for the home and located 60 individual packages of marijuana, digital scales and plastic bags hidden inside of a cereal box, Morris said.
According to police, about 430 grams of marijuana, or about a pound, was found in the home with a street value of about $1,400.
Owens and the teen were booked on complaints of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute within 2,000 feet of a school, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest. Owens also was booked on a complaint of maintaining a dwelling where drugs are kept or sold.
Online court records show Owens entered no contest pleas in three felony cases last year. The prior convictions are for first-degree attempted burglary, possession of CDS in the presence of a minor within 1,000 feet of a school and grand larceny.
Online court records show Owens was scheduled for sentencing on the three charges Friday morning.
During the pursuit Emer-son Middle School students were taken inside the school, which was then placed on lock-down.
“During the lunch period, the Enid Police Department made an arrest at a home located across the street from our campus,” said Emerson Principal Kim Jones in an automated message to parents. “We immediately mov-ed the students inside and locked the building’s exterior doors as an added safety precaution. Student safety is our No. 1 priority, and we will always go above and beyond to ensure their health and well-being.”
