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from www.tulsaworld.com – Bail totaling $76,500 was set for a former Creek County judge who was arrested early Tuesday on allegations including possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
Donald Thompson, 64, appeared later Tuesday before Special District Judge Richard Woolery, who set bail at $25,000 each on three felony counts: driving under the influence, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription after a former felony conviction and possession of a controlled dangerous substance after a former felony conviction.
Thompson also was charged with three misdemeanors: driving with an open container, having defective equipment on his vehicle and driving under suspension. Bail on the first two counts was set at $250 each. Bail on the third count was set at $1,000.
Thompson was still in the Creek County Jail on Tuesday afternoon. He is scheduled for a July 26 initial court appearance.
Thompson was arrested shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday on Oklahoma 117 at 49th West Avenue near Sapulpa after a sheriff’s deputy spotted his vehicle, which had a broken tail light, weaving in lanes.
Thompson had an open container of beer in his vehicle, the deputy said, and presented a temporary driver’s license that expired July 15.
When he was searched, Thompson was found with Lortab in his possession, along with another medication for a heart condition, according to the deputy’s report.
Thompson was convicted in Tulsa County in 2009 of actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence. The charge had been amended from driving under the influence.
In June, he was charged with stalking a woman in Sapulpa. A court hearing on that charge, a misdemeanor, is scheduled for Aug. 9. Authorities said the victim in that case, Angela McClanahan-Fernandez, has been described as Thompson’s former girlfriend.
Sapulpa police arrested Thompson on March 3 after McClanahan-Fernandez claimed that he was peering at her through binoculars while she changed a flat tire on her car.
Officers who arrested Thompson reported that his trousers were “unzipped (and) gaping open.”
McClanahan-Fernandez subsequently filed for a protective order against Thompson, but it was dismissed when she failed to show up for a court hearing.
She also filed for a protective order against him in Tulsa County in 2009, but that also was dismissed when she failed to show up in court, records indicate.
The stalking case has been assigned to a special prosecutor, Payne County District Attorney Tom Lee.
Thompson made national headlines five years ago when he stood trial on allegations that he had used a penis pump on the bench during trials. After a nearly three-week trial, he was convicted of four felony counts of indecent exposure. He spent 20 months in prison and was released in 2008.
McClanahan-Fernandez was called as a witness in that trial, but she failed to show up to testify.
Prosecutors at the time claimed that McClanahan-Fernandez was at the center of pornographic photos found on a computer in Thompson’s courtroom office.