New drug charge filed against Alva man
November 20, 2022
An additional charge was filed on Nov. 16 against an Alva man after the results of OSBI (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation) lab tests were received.
On Aug. 30, Michael Lawrence Baldwin, 62, of Alva, was charged with two counts of trafficking in illegal drugs (methamphetamine) and one count of maintaining a place for keeping or selling controlled substances. All three were felony charges. Baldwin has been held in the Woods County Jail without bond.
According to court records, on Oct. 19 Alva Police Officer James Jones received the lab results from the OSBI on items seized from Baldwin’s residence. A plastic bag with 24 blue pills stamped M30 and four grams of a dark paste substance were determined to be fentanyl. The combined weight of the items was 5.56 grams.
An additional item submitted in a plastic bag of 11 white pills was determined to be oxycodone with a weight of 1.52 grams.
Three items that were field-tested for methamphetamine were also determined by the lab to be methamphetamine with a combined weight of 28.92 grams.
On Nov. 16 in Woods County District Court, Michael Lawrence Baldwin was charged with aggravated trafficking in illegal drugs (fentanyl), a felony. This crime is punishable by imprisonment for two years to life and a fine of $250,000 to $500,000.
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