Three Plead Guilty to Methamphetamine Charges

 Three defendants have pleaded guilty to methamphetamine charges that resulted from an investigation conducted by the Tulsa Housing Authority Community Enhancement Unit and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Albert Douglas Parker, 35, and Tina Marie Tankersley, 33, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Charles Studie and others to distribute pure methamphetamine and to maintaining their public housing unit as a drug involved premises to use and distribute methamphetamine. Marty Jay Foster, 53, pleaded guilty to maintaining a drug involved premises to use methamphetamine.

“The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, DEA, and my office dismantled this methamphetamine distribution operation, and these defendants now face time in federal prison for their crimes,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “The law enforcement community remains committed to protecting families living within Tulsa’s neighborhoods from this deadly drug and from the violence that accompanies methamphetamine distribution.”

Parker and Tankersley admitted that they intentionally conspired with others to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute the drug from June 2019 to August 2020. The two defendants’ involvement required the participation, direction, and action of others, and all parties worked together for their shared mutual benefit, including monetary profit and drugs. The two further admitted to maintaining their public housing unit for the purpose of distributing and using methamphetamine beginning on Nov. 15, 2019. Parker will be sentenced June 29, 2021, and Tankersley will be sentenced July 2, 2021.

Foster pleaded guilty to maintaining a drug-involved premises for the purpose of using methamphetamine from June 2019 to August 2020. Sentencing is set for June 30, 2021.

Also named in the indictment is Charles Dean Studie, 36, of Tulsa, who pleaded guilty on Jan. 28, 2021, to drug conspiracy, felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. He will be sentenced May 26, 2021.

The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office and Drug Enforcement Administration conducted the investigation. Tulsa County Sheriff’s Deputies that make up the Tulsa Housing Authority Community Enhancement Unit pursued this investigation as part of their responsibility to ensure the safety and security of the families that live within the Tulsa Housing Authority complexes. The Community Enhancement Unit (CEU) was created through a partnership between the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office and the Tulsa Housing Authority.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Christopher Nassar and Ryan Heatherman are prosecuting the case.