Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Deputies took Laurie Ann Brown, 43, and Arland Dewayne Rowell, 50, both of Vian and Bobby Lee Rowell, 49, of Atoka, into custody about 5:10 p.m. on July 27 on various drug-related charges.
According to the report, Vian Police Officer Brandon McDonald was at the scene detaining the two men until the deputies could arrive.
According to the report, when deputies arrived, they noticed Arland Rowell smelled of intoxicants, had bloodshot eyes and was holding a mason jar with beer in it.
Deputy Travis Johnson reported Arland Rowell appeared to be very nervous, constantly moving and licking his lips.
“He was unable to be still,” Johnson said.
Johnson reported Bobby Lee Rowell was calm and compliant and told officers they had just stopped to get off the road to have a few beers. He reported Bobby Rowell didn’t appear to have been drinking.
Deputy Joey Oliver arrived and noticed an open beer in the center console. Johnson arrested both for public intoxication and transporting open containers of beer.
While speaking with the two men, Oliver discovered a piece of clear tubing with black tape wrapped around it in plan view.
Both men were handcuffed and put in the back of Johnson’s unit.
Deputy Dennis Thomas, Oliver and Johnson began a search of the vehicle and discovered coffee filters, one empty bottle of B12 capsules, muratic acid, lithium batteries, two cans of freon, measuring cups, more clear tubing, and one bottle of alcohol, which are all items related to manufacturing methamphetamines.
Johnson left to take both men to the Sequoyah County Jail when he received a call about another suspect found hiding in the woods.
According to the report, deputies discovered Brown hiding in the woods along the creek. Deputies also found a three liter pop bottle containing a liquid substance with a pinkish white sludge on the bottom and what appeared to be strips of lithium metal from the recovered lithium batteries floating in the bottle.
Deputies reported the liquid was bubbling and the container was placed some distance away from them.
According to the report, Officer McDonald was helping load Brown in the deputy’s vehicle when he noticed a small bag that contained a white powder substance lying on the floor at Arland Rowell’s feet.
Johnson reported the bag appeared chewed and Arland Rowell told the deputies that it was his and he had hid it in his mouth.
All three suspects were taken to the Sequoyah County Jail. When the trio arrived, Arland Rowell told Johnson he had a bag of salt in his shoe. Johnson recovered a medium sized bag that contained a white powder.
All three suspects were booked into the jail on manufacturing a controlled substance (CDS), possession of a CDS, possession of drug paraphernalia, public intoxication and transporting an open container of beer.
Brown and Bobby Rowell were released July 28 on a $10,000 bond and Arland Rowell was released on a $15,000 bond July 28.
