A 32-year-old Elk City man is being held on a $250,000 bond in the Beckham County Detention Center after being charged with trafficking fentanyl and bringing contraband into jail.
The investigation began on January 4, 2023, when a Beckham County Sheriff’s Offi ce deputy was contacted by the BCSO detention captain in regards to an inmate who was believed to allegedly have fentanyl concealed in a body cavity.
Thomas Williamson reportedly had 300 blue fentanyl pills concealed within his body when he was arrested on December 22, 2022.
On December 22, 2022, Williamson was taken into custody on charges of eluding an officer, larceny of a vehicle, possession of a stolen vehicle, knowingly concealing stolen property, and obstructing an officer.
A detention officer had reportedly received information that Williamson had the narcotics with him in the Beckham County Detention Center.
The BCSO deputies spoke with the jail’s nurse.
The nurse is employed by Turn Key Medical, which then contracts to several jails and prisons.
The nurse reportedly told the deputies that Williamson had admitted that he was an “avid user of fentanyl” at the time of his arrest.
The deputy wrote that fentanyl users typically go through physical withdrawals after being arrested and denied access to the drug.
“Nurse (omitted) then advised me that, to her knowledge, inmate Williamson had not gone through withdrawals since he had been incarcerated in the jail. Nurse (omitted) advised me that, in the days prior to me receiving this information, her employer, Turn Key Health, had brought in a portable x-ray machine that showed that there was an anomaly in inmate Williamson’s cavity but it could not confirm or deny if the anomaly was contraband,” the deputy wrote.
Due to this information, Williamson was moved to the detox cell.
The investigating deputy read Williamson his Miranda rights before he reportedly told Williamson that he would be sent to a hospital to investigate further if Williamson had possession of CDS within his bodily cavities.
Within the detox cell, deputies allegedly found blue particles that field-tested positive for fentanyl.
Williams was transferred to Roger Mills County Hospital in Cheyenne.
A CT scan was conducted. Williamson reportedly asked to use the restroom multiple times during the exam.
Deputies learned that no anomalies were reportedly found in Williamson’s body, but anomalies were found outside of his body located in his pants.
Deputies could take possession of this anomaly, a powder substance with a blueish tint.
The substance reportedly tested positive for fentanyl and weighed 14.1 grams.
