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Oklahoma police chief arrested after meth found at home

On Thursday, meth was found at the Wetumpka home of an Oklahoma police chief.

Oklahoma police chief arrested after meth found at home

On Thursday, meth was found at the Wetumpka home of an Oklahoma police chief.

HIS ARREST. INDEED THEOL PICE CHIEF WAS PURCHASING AND ALSO DISTRIBUTING METHAMPHETAMINE CALVIN POLICE CHIEF. IT WOULD IS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT OBVIOUSLY BEING A PCEIEFF OICER. THIS IS VERY DISTURBING. HE SUSPECTED OF DEALING DRUGS AFTER FEDERAL STAFF GOT A WARRANT TO SEARCH HIS HOME DURING A SEARCH WARRANT AT THE HOME. WE DID FINAD OUT OF METH AND HE WAS ARRESTED AND PLACED INTO CUSTODY THE OKLAHOMA BUREAU OF NARCOTICS SAYS, THIS WAS NOT A LARGE-SCALE OPERATION AND THE CHIEF WAS SELLING TO INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS MORE SMALLER AMOUNTS USER AMOUNTS THAT WAS BEING THAT WERE BEING SOLD ON THE STREETS THERE BY THIS THE CHIEF, BUT THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL HAS MADE HEADLINES BACK IN 2019. KOCO 5 REPORTED SHITWOOD WAS FIRED WHEN HE WAS THE CHIEF OF POLICE WITH THE WETUKAMP POLICE DEPARTMENT. REACHED OUT TO THAT DEPARTMENT TODAY TO FIND OUT WHYUT B WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK OBN SAYS CHIEF CHITWOOD HAS EXPERIENCE WITH DRUG DOGS AS WELL. BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ATTH HE DOES HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE LAW ENFORCEMENT SPECIFICALLY WITH DRUG. CONNECTION CANINE OBN SAYS THEY’RE INVESTIGATION WITH THE DEA TOOK A LITTLE OVE
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Oklahoma police chief arrested after meth found at home

On Thursday, meth was found at the Wetumpka home of an Oklahoma police chief.

An Oklahoma police chief was arrested after meth was found at his home.On Thursday, meth was found at the Wetumka home of an Oklahoma police chief. He could now face distribution charges.Staff at the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics said they worked with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and that the chief was buying and selling meth on the streets inside his own jurisdiction.>> Related: Authorities arrest Oklahoma police chief accused of distributing meth"Indeed, the police chief was purchasing and distributing methamphetamine," said Mark Woodward, spokesperson for the OBN.Calvin Police Chief Joe Chitwood is now behind bars."Obviously, being a police officer, this is very disturbing," Woodward said.He is suspected of dealing drugs after federal staff got a search warrant to search his home."During the search warrant at the home we did find a small amount of meth, and he was arrested and placed into custody," Woodward said.The OBN said this was not a large-scale operation and the chief was selling to individual customers."It was more smaller amounts, user amounts, that were being sold on the streets by the chief," Woodward said.This wasn’t the first time the law enforcement official made headlines. Back in 2019, KOCO 5 reported Chitwood was fired when he was the chief of police with the Wetumka Police Department.KOCO 5 reached out to the department to find out why but we haven’t heard back.OBN said Chitwood has experience with drug dogs, as well."It is my understanding that he does have some experience in law enforcement with drug detection K9," Woodward said.OBN said their investigation with the DEA took a little over a month before they got the warrant for Chitwood’s arrest.

An Oklahoma police chief was arrested after meth was found at his home.

On Thursday, meth was found at the Wetumka home of an Oklahoma police chief. He could now face distribution charges.

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Staff at the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics said they worked with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and that the chief was buying and selling meth on the streets inside his own jurisdiction.

>> Related: Authorities arrest Oklahoma police chief accused of distributing meth

"Indeed, the police chief was purchasing and distributing methamphetamine," said Mark Woodward, spokesperson for the OBN.

Calvin Police Chief Joe Chitwood is now behind bars.

"Obviously, being a police officer, this is very disturbing," Woodward said.

He is suspected of dealing drugs after federal staff got a search warrant to search his home.

"During the search warrant at the home we did find a small amount of meth, and he was arrested and placed into custody," Woodward said.

The OBN said this was not a large-scale operation and the chief was selling to individual customers.

"It was more smaller amounts, user amounts, that were being sold on the streets by the chief," Woodward said.

This wasn’t the first time the law enforcement official made headlines. Back in 2019, KOCO 5 reported Chitwood was fired when he was the chief of police with the Wetumka Police Department.

KOCO 5 reached out to the department to find out why but we haven’t heard back.

OBN said Chitwood has experience with drug dogs, as well.

"It is my understanding that he does have some experience in law enforcement with drug detection K9," Woodward said.

OBN said their investigation with the DEA took a little over a month before they got the warrant for Chitwood’s arrest.