Arlington man pleads guilty to drug charge

Local News

May 29, 2008

Anonymous The Weatherford Democrat Thu May 29, 2008, 09:38 AM CDT

Staff Report

With a jury waiting in the hall to hear his case, a 27-year-old Arlington man entered a guilty plea to a narcotics charge and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the 415th District Court in Weatherford on Tuesday.

Charles King Watson was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to deliver in connection with a February 2007 sting operation at a Willow Park hotel.

The case began when Weatherford/Parker County Special Crimes Unit officers received a tip about narcotics activity at the hotel.

With the use of an informant, officers contacted the source of the narcotics and arranged for the purchase of additional cocaine. Shortly after Watson brought the “8-ball,” or one-eighth of an ounce of cocaine into the hotel room for the sale to take place, he was arrested.

When Watson was booked into the Parker County Jail, jail staff found another baggie of cocaine in his underwear. In total, Watson was in possession of more than four grams of cocaine on the date of the offense.

“One of the factors that resulted in the lengthy sentence in this case was the fact Watson was on parole from Oklahoma for two felony drug offenses at the time of the crime here in Parker County,” said Parker County Assistant District Attorney Jeff Swain. “When the officers were trying to read him his Miranda warnings, this defendant told them that he was “an old pro” at dealing with the police and that all he would get was rehab. When a drug dealer has been through the system and in and out of prison and still has that mentality, I think a long penitentiary sentence is necessary.”

Assistant District Attorney Abigail Placke prosecuted the case for the state. District Judge Graham Quisenberry presided over the case. Kyle Claunch represented Watson.

Claunch declined to comment about the sentence or his client.

“It was a pretty clear cut situation,” Claunch said. “I really don’t have anything to say about it.”

Watson’s original charges out of Oklahoma included driving while intoxicated, failure to appear, driving while license invalid, failure to carry security certification and transporting an open container. A no bond was placed on Watson for the out-of-state charges.

Watson’s other charges included tampering/fabricating physical evidence with intent to impair, two charges of possession of a controlled substance and manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance.

Text Only

Local News

Wildlife volunteers needed
Like any other mother, Donna Robinson has pictures of her “babies” on her phone.
“Let me show you,” she said eagerly. “I’ve got lots of pictures of the kids.”
She scrolls through the photos — there’s one of a squirrel with milk on its mouth after a feeding. Oh, there’s a cute one of two tiny possums looking over her shoulder as she feeds another “baby.” Aww, there’s the group of four raccoons named after the Beatles: Ringo, Paul, George and John.
Ok. She’s not your “ordinary” mom.

February 6, 2012 2 Photos
Water woes on floodplain in Weatherford
When Wendy Walling purchased her home in the Briarwood subdivision off of Sante Fe Drive in the mid-1990s, her son could easily jump from one side of the small creek behind the home to the other.
“My son was in fourth grade (when we moved in) and he could actually jump across the creek,” Walling said.
By 2007, however, Walling said the width of the creek had begun to expand.
“(The creek) can hold water now and before it never could,” Walling said.

February 6, 2012 1 Photo
DPS: Motorcyclists didn't see slowing truck
February 6, 2012
Kidnapper gets 99 years
February 6, 2012
Judge tosses plea in horse deaths
February 6, 2012
Weatherford junior to perform with All-State choir
When she was a little girl, Cassandra Kirby used to climb up next to her grandmother’s big fireplace and sing songs during the holiday get-togethers.
While she has a reserved and polite personality, recalling these memories makes a big smile break out onto Kirby’s face.
Get her talking about songs and suddenly she’s effusive and happy.

February 5, 2012 1 Photo
Rock solid gymnasts
February 3, 2012 2 Photos
WCS gala slated for Feb. 11 at Clear Fork
February 3, 2012
CASA of Parker County seeking new volunteers
February 3, 2012
Millsap lends helping hand to one of its own
February 3, 2012
More Local News Headlines

The Komen Foundation recently cut ties (before announcing they would reinstate them) with Planned Parenthood and stopped funding breast cancer screenings — was that a good thing?

Local News

Search Results

Arlington man pleads guilty to drug charge

The Komen Foundation recently cut ties (before announcing they would reinstate them) with Planned Parenthood and stopped funding breast cancer screenings — was that a good thing?

Site Map

Contact Weatherford Democrat