Posted: 3/30/2009 2:40:33 PM EDT
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MUSTANG — Terry Speck opened her front door March 6, unaware of the drug sweep taking place around her home. She’d been roused from her bed about 9 a.m. by loud pounding. Speck was home ill and was bleary-eyed when six armed men charged through her front door as she opened it. Her husband, Glenn, was at work. "I’ve never been that scared in my life,” Speck said. "I had no idea what was going on.” Great investigatory techniques there, Ossifers. A simple web search found your subject, on the inmate list. Guess we should be grateful that no puppies were shot. |
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Men dressed in black bullet-proof vests spread out into the rooms of her two-story home, she said. Speck said one of the men told her they were looking for her nephew, Cory Davis, 20. They did not tell her who they were, only that they were looking for Davis.
"I told them he was already in prison,” Speck said. "He’d been in custody since November.” Davis was sent to Oklahoma’s Regimented Inmate Discipline Program at William S. Key Correctional Center in Fort Supply the day before Thanksgiving, Speck said. The men searched the house for about 20 minutes, she said, opening closets, checking under the beds and on the roof. Then they left. "Before you go out to people’s houses, at least find out if the person you are looking for is in jail already or not,” Speck said. The Specks later watched the surveillance footage from the outdoor home security cameras they’d installed to deter thieves who had repeatedly broken into their home. After watching the tapes, they figured out who was involved in the raid. Glenn Speck spliced the footage together and posted it on YouTube. <<< anyone find it? Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs spokesman Mark Woodward said his agency has been in contact with the Specks to explain the situation. "We try to make sure everything is as painless as possible,” Woodward said. "Sometimes innocent people are at the same place as suspected criminals.” He also said information collected early in an investigation sometimes changes. Stefanie Hampton, Canadian County assistant district attorney, said her office filed new charges March 5 that resulted in the arrest warrant being issued for Davis. "It doesn’t matter to us where the person is,” Hampton said. "The only thing we need to know is if they were here and if we have enough information to file a criminal charge.” The information her office used when deciding to file the charges came from Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs agents. Hampton also said the location of individuals being charged is the responsibility of the agency arresting them. Terry Speck said she’s confused why resources were spent to do a job that had been done months ago. "They could have at least checked first,” she said. The Oklahoman’s Watchdog Team: Looking out for you. Go to NewsOK.com/watchdog. Wow. |
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