11/20/2015 – Stillwater, OK — An Oklahoma City pimp, and overall scumbag, has been sentenced to two 12-year prison terms stemming from his 2013 arrest in Stillwater during a prostitution sting – but, before you go celebrating, read on….
JohnTV first reported on then 23-year-old convicted felon Markeese Phelps back in Nov. of 2013.
Phelps was just one of 26 people arrested in a massive Stillwater prostitution sting labeled ‘Operation Dragon Slayer.’ The sting was conducted by members of the Stillwater Police Department’s Special Projects Unit and agents with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Human Trafficking Unit.
According to court records, on Nov. 6 of 2013, at around 8:45 p.m., undercover agents responded to a Backpage.com ad they suspected was advertising prostitution. Over the phone police spoke with a woman by the name of Marie Sinisterra (24-years-old at the time), and negotiated a rate of $180 for an hour of ‘services.’
Ad reportedly posted in the Sinesterra & Phelps case.
Phelps reportedly drove Sinisterra to the undercover officer’s Stillwater motel room around 11 p.m. that night.
Karen Marie Sinisterra as she appears online.
Phelps and Sinisterra maintained constant cell phone contact after she left his car and went to meet the undercover officer.
Both Sinisterra and Phelps were taken into custody. During a search of Phelp’s vehicle, police located marijuana and prescription narcotics.
Phelps was booked into the Payne County Jail for pandering, transporting another for prostitution and possession of CDS.
On Nov. 18 of 2013, Phelps was charged in Payne County with felony unlawful possession of CDS (subsequent offense) and transporting another for the purpose of prostitution.
Phelps’ Oklahoma criminal resume goes back to 2007 – when Phelps was only 18-years-old – and includes criminal charges for burglary, trafficking cocaine, vehicle theft, possession of CDS, contraband in prison, meth and more.
In fact, when Phelps (using the surname Ward) was only 19 he was charged with the murder of 23-year-old Calvin Atchison outside the former Oklahoma City dance club Fritzi’s II on N. MacArthur Blvd.
Despite Phelps being at the scene of the murder, suffering a gunshot wound (most likely from his victim returning fire) and being identified by a witness as the murderer, prosecutors – under the watch of Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater – were unable to secure a conviction and Phelps was found not guilty.
Almost two years to the day and Phelps’ current cases have now come to a close after he pleaded guilty last Friday.
Phelps was sentenced to 12-years in prison on the CDS charge and one year in the county jail on the pimping related charge.
Phelps was also given 12-years in prison on a different case involving concealing a stolen handgun.
Additionally, Phelps was also given a 10-year prison sentence for giving a false name at the time of his arrest in Perkins during an Oct. 2013 traffic stop.
That’s a well deserved 34-years behind bars for this turd!!!!!!! But wait……
All of which is actually pretty pointless because, as part of Phelps’ plea, all of the above sentences are not only to run concurrently (at the same time), reducing his term to only 12-years, but will also run concurrent with his current 14-year prison sentence he is already serving for a Lawton drug possession case from 2014.
So, in reality, Phelps will serve no additional time for this laundry list of convictions.
That’s ‘justice’ for ya – Oklahoma style.
Additional Information;
- Phelps’ DOC record. (link)
- JohnTV article: ‘Stillwater Vice and OBNDD arrest 26 in sting; 5 pimps busted!’ (link)
- JohnTV article: ‘Alleged pimp arrested in Stillwater last week charged with murder in ’09’ (link)
- JohnTV article: ‘Inside look at one pimp and one prostitute’s charges from Operation Dragon Slayer.’ (link)