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A woman is facing drug charges after an incident at Little Sahara State Park (LSSP) at Waynoka. According to court documents, on May 6 about 12:25 p.m. Adam Honeyman, who was on duty as a state park ranger at LSSP, was contacted by Assistant Park Manager Sherri Childers and told he needed to come to the park office to speak with a man about an incident.

Honeyman arrived and spoke with Richard C. Schafer who said he was camping for the weekend at the Oasis Campground. He said he and his wife Lee Ann Schafer are in divorce proceedings which have been ongoing for 18 months. The two of them have a three-year-old child, and he has full custody. Richard said Lee Ann became addicted to opioids, then heroin and now fentanyl. When Richard agreed to allow her to travel with him and their son, he told her she had to be sober and not possess any illegal drugs.

Richard told Honeyman that on Friday Lee Ann began going through withdrawal and was sick to the point she did not leave the camper except to go to the bathroom. He said on Friday afternoon Lee Ann began contacting the LSSP office to asked when mail would be delivered as she had a package being shipped to her from a friend which contained medication she needed. Richard became suspicious that she had someone mail her drugs.

On Saturday, May 6, Lee Ann called the park office multiple times asking when the mail would be delivered. Richard said he sat outside the camper purposely to intercept the package when it was delivered. He was able to intercept the package, opened it and saw a clear jeweler baggie inside which contained an unknown white substance. He believed it to be fentanyl. He said Lee Ann exited the camper and took the substance from Richard. He told her she needed to leave the campsite as he told her she was not to have any illegal drugs. He said Lee Ann left the campsite, and he believed she was inside the bathroom in the Competition Campgrounds.

Honeyman drove to the Competition Bathhouse and saw a single occupancy bathroom was occupied by the red lock on the door. He sat outside for approximately five minutes and saw no one exit. He contacted park management to come to his location with a key to the bathroom if needed. He also requested an ambulance be dispatched to his location for the safety of Lee Ann, himself and others in the event of accidental exposure.

Honeyman approached the occupied bathroom and knocked on the door. He heard a female voice yell the bathroom was occupied and to go away. He knocked again and called her name. She responded that she was using the bathroom and to go away. Honeyman informed her he was a state park ranger, and he was not going away. He told her she needed to come out. She said she was not coming out and to go away. He told her he had a key and was going to open the door. She again told him to go away.

Park Manager Greg Grimsley was standing by with the key, and Honeyman had him open the door. Honeyman was standing by with his Taser. He told Lee Ann she needed to walk toward him with her hands where he could see them and not to touch anything. Lee Ann was placed in handcuffs for safety. Honeyman asked if she had used any illegal drugs, and she said no. Grimsley locked the bathroom to prevent anyone from entering or tampering with a potential crime scene. Grimsley remained at the location.

Honeyman escorted Lee Ann to the Waynoka Ambulance, which had arrived. Inside the handcuffs were removed, and the medics on duty evaluated her. It was determined Lee Ann was medically stable, and she refused any further medical care.

In a post-Miranda rights interview, Lee Ann admitted to receiving a package in the mail from a friend containing her blood pressure medication. She said she took the package from Richard and left the campsite going to the bathroom. She ultimately admitted the “friend” also placed what she believed to be fentanyl inside the package. She said she flushed all the drugs down the toilet and took her blood pressure medication.

Ultimately, Lee Ann told Honeyman she had considered using the fentanyl, prepared it to use, and did not use it. She said there might still be fentanyl inside the bathroom in the trash can. Honeyman left Lee Ann with the ambulance crew and Park Ranger John Gay who had arrived to assist.

In the bathroom sanitary napkin disposal container, Honeyman located a brown paper sack. In the sack was rolled up toilet paper around a clear jeweler baggie containing what he believed to be fentanyl. In the trash can in the bathroom, Honeyman located three pieces of aluminum foil that had been used to consume fentanyl.

Honeyman went back and told Lee Ann what he had found. She admitted the items were hers. She had a lighter inside her pants pocket. She said she was only preparing the fentanyl to use and had not consumed any of it.

Ranger Steve Rogers went to the campsite with Richard Schafer. He looked through Lee Ann’s belongings with Richard’s permission. He located the package Lee Ann had received from the postal service. He also found an external bladder with a strap to be able to secure it to one’s person. It appeared to contain urine or a similar substance.

Lee Ann was placed under arrest. She said she was on probation in Tulsa County, and this arrest could cause her to go to prison. Lee Ann was transported to the Woods County Jail. She was issued a written notice informing her she was trespassed from all Oklahoma State Parks for a term of six months. When discussing the external bladder, Lee Ann said it contained water and tea to look like urine in a drug screen test.

Honeyman later spoke to Assistant Manager Childers and the gift shop attendant who said Lee Ann contacted the park office a minimum of 30 times between Friday and Saturday before the package arrived. Examining the package, Honeyman noticed similarities between the handwritten label and the handwritten booking card Lee Ann completed at the jail while being processed. The return address was also Lee Ann’s home address.

Lee Ann Schafer, 40, of Owasso, has been charged with possession of controlled dangerous substance (fentanyl), a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years and by a fine not exceeding $5,000. Schafer has also been charged with a misdemeanor of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.