Seligman Police Department arrests two for alleged meth dealing
Verbal altercation call leads to vehicle search
December 14, 2016
Charlea Estes
The Seligman Police Department arrested two people at a residence on Highway 37 on Friday, December 2, after being called for a verbal altercation at the property. When officers arrived, Seligman Police Chief Terry Burgess detained three people and ended up arresting two of them. Vanessa Marie Ramos, 28, of Washburn, and Dustin Ray Oxford, 32, of Seligman, were arrested and held in the Barry County Jail. Barry County Prosecuting Attorney Amy Boxx charged Ramos and Oxford with distribution of a controlled substance.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, Chief Burgess detained Ramos on a warrant out of Benton County, Ark., for burglary. When Burgess requested permission to search Ramos’ vehicle, she denied him, saying the car was her mother’s. However, Ramos’ mother provided written consent to search the vehicle.
Officers from Benton County, Ark., had a narcotics dog on the scene, that indicated the presence of drugs on the driver’s side door. When officers searched, they discovered clear plastic baggies with white residue on the floor between the driver and passenger seats. The baggies tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine.
Continuing to search the vehicle, officers located of a backpack in the rear passenger compartment that had a black container inside. The container had 11 unused baggies, a glass smoking pipe, a spoon with residue and $280 in U.S. currency. There was also a digital scale with white powder residue inside the backpack.
Ramos posted bond and was released from the Barry County Jail last week. Oxford is still being held in the jail in lieu of a $45,000 bond.
Charlea Estes
The Seligman Police Department arrested two people at a residence on Highway 37 on Friday, December 2, after being called for a verbal altercation at the property. When officers arrived, Seligman Police Chief Terry Burgess detained three people and ended up arresting two of them. Vanessa Marie Ramos, 28, of Washburn, and Dustin Ray Oxford, 32, of Seligman, were arrested and held in the Barry County Jail. Barry County Prosecuting Attorney Amy Boxx charged Ramos and Oxford with distribution of a controlled substance.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, Chief Burgess detained Ramos on a warrant out of Benton County, Ark., for burglary. When Burgess requested permission to search Ramos’ vehicle, she denied him, saying the car was her mother’s. However, Ramos’ mother provided written consent to search the vehicle.
Officers from Benton County, Ark., had a narcotics dog on the scene, that indicated the presence of drugs on the driver’s side door. When officers searched, they discovered clear plastic baggies with white residue on the floor between the driver and passenger seats. The baggies tested positive for the presence of methamphetamine.
Continuing to search the vehicle, officers located of a backpack in the rear passenger compartment that had a black container inside. The container had 11 unused baggies, a glass smoking pipe, a spoon with residue and $280 in U.S. currency. There was also a digital scale with white powder residue inside the backpack.
Ramos posted bond and was released from the Barry County Jail last week. Oxford is still being held in the jail in lieu of a $45,000 bond.