Two arrested on felony drug charges

The use of extra patrols paid off early Wednesday for a Garland County Sheriff ’ s deputy whose investigation of a suspicious couple led to their arrest on felony drug charges.

Keith Dwayne Williams, 48, who lists an address of 5917 Cen- tral Ave., and Chelsea Pinkerton, 19, who lists an address of 9225 Park Ave., were both charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, each punishable by up to six years in prison.

Williams was also arrested on an outstanding warrant from Hot Springs police for seconddegree forgery, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

According to reports, around 1: 45 a. m., GCSD Deputy Shawn McKinney was doing an extra patrol in the 100 block of Bayshore Cove when he came across two suspects, identified as Williams and Pinkerton, and discovered both had warrants.

McKinney was told the warrant for Pinkerton was for failure to appear and to just issue her a citation, but he was directed to take Williams into custody on

the forgery warrant.

The deputy searched Williams and allegedly found a plastic bag with coffee filters, 12 Xanax pills, one Andrx pill, an empty cigarette pack with plastic baggies and a pill bottle with red phosphorous, an ingredient used in making methamphetamines.

McKinney asked Pinkerton if there was anything in her purse or the plastic bag she was carrying and she claimed she didn’t know what was in the bag “because she was just carrying it.”

It was found to contain two boxes of matches and 28 Andrx pills. She told McKinney there was another bag in her purse, but she didn’t know what was in it either.

He searched the bag and found two bottles of HEET, another precursor to meth.

The report notes Pinkerton started crying and stated, “I should have stayed home,” and that she “had not used” since Tuesday.

Agents with the 18th Judicial District East Drug Task Force were notified and came to the scene to document and confiscate the pills and other evidence.

According to the affidavit on the forgery charge against Williams, a local woman filed a complaint with the HSPD indicating that between Jan. 18 and Jan. 25, 2011, a number of known suspects had been forging and cashing nine checks stolen from her brother, James Orrick, who died Jan. 2, 2011.

The woman provided HSPD detective Rick Johnson with copies of the checks, including one allegedly written out to Williams for $ 3,000 that was cashed by him on Jan. 20, 2011.

She also provided proof of her appoint- ment as administrator of her brother’s estate.

A risk management officer at Arvest Bank, where her brother’s account was located, told police all the stolen checks had been cashed at Arvest Bank except for one cashed at T. J. Maxx.

She provided security video of the transaction showing a man later identified as Williams cashing the check. Johnson was able to match his driver’s license photo to the security video.

Williams, who is on parole from a 2011 conviction, was being held on a total of $ 8,500 bond while Pinkerton, who lists no prior criminal history, was being held on $ 5,000 bond.

Both are set to appear June 19 in Garland County District Court.