Thomas Scott Woodward, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, announces the results of the November 2010 Federal Grand Jury.

The following named individuals have been charged with a federal crime or crimes by the return of an indictment by the Grand Jury. The return of an indictment is a method of informing the defendant of alleged violations which must be proven in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt to overcome the defendant's presumption of innocence.

Teresa R. Browning and Betty R. Warden. Conspiracy, Possession of Stolen Mail, Access Device Fraud, Fraud Using A Computer, Aggravated Identity Theft. Browning, 36, of Tulsa, and Warden, 45, of Sand Springs, are accused of stealing the personal identity information of a number of individuals from the U.S. mail and from computerized account records at the employer where they had both worked. Then the pair allegedly caused the stolen identity information to be used to access victim’s debit and credit accounts and cashed stolen checks to obtain money and merchandise from various retail establishments in the Tulsa area. These acts allegedly occurred between August and December 2009.

Dominick Santoy Willis. Possess Marijuana with Intent to Distribute. The defendant, 24, of Broken Arrow, is charged with trafficking in marijuana in the local area on February 19, 2010.

Grant Andrew Stout. Felon in Possession of Firearms and Ammunition. Stout, 32, of Claremore, is accused of having a 9mm and a .22 caliber pistol and numerous rounds of ammunition in his possession in Claremore on March 21, 2010. He has two previous felony convictions from Rogers County District Court which include marijuana possession in 1999 and eluding a police officer in 2006.

Carl Alexander Ruff. Assimilated State Crime of Burglary in the Second Degree in Indian Country. The defendant, 29, a non-Indian from Tulsa, is charged with breaking and entering into an Indian-owned business named the Firewalker Smoke Shop at 1434 North Rosedale in Tulsa on May 25, 2009, with the intent to steal property and money inside.

Melodie Larson. False Statement, Conceal and Fail to Disclose Facts with Intent to Defraud Social Security Administration, Steal and Purloin Social Security Administration Money. The Grand Jury charges Larson, 30, of Tulsa, with making false statements and omissions to the Social Security Administration on several different occasions between December 2006 to March 2009 in order to receive benefits for which she was not entitled. Additionally, Larson is charged with stealing approximately $34,000 of Social Security Administration money from January 2007 to November 2009.

Sealed and Superseding Indictments
There were six indictments returned by the Grand Jury that remain sealed. There was one superseding indictment returned in the name of Jason Edgar Kort, et. al, a methamphetamine conspiracy case originally indicted in March 2010.

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