Opinion ID: 2747892
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Heading: Police Search Nathaniel Burtons’s Home

Text: On October 6, 2010, the Oklahoma City Police Department (“OCPD”) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”) executed a search warrant at a house owned by Mr. Burtons’s brother, Nathaniel Burtons (“Nathaniel”). Officers found approximately three ounces of cocaine and five grams of marijuana, a scale containing drug residue, a large amount of cash, and various documents, including a receipt for a storage unit at Rite Place Storage registered to Mr. Burtons. The police arrested Nathaniel. The police also arrested Robbie Roberson, who was at the house during the search. DEA Agent Mark Wolf interviewed Mr. Roberson, who admitted to being a drug courier. He said he had made four trips between July 2010 and October 2010 from Los Angeles to Oklahoma City to deliver drugs to Nathaniel’s house. Mr. Roberson asserted Mr. Burtons and Nathaniel were drug trafficking partners and multi-kilogram cocaine dealers. He also stated he delivered a coffee can containing cocaine to Nathaniel two days earlier. -2- He saw Mr. Burtons pick up the coffee can and give Nathaniel $500 to pay Mr. Roberson’s courier fee. Mr. Roberson had $511 in cash at his arrest.