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