Teen charged with possession and distribution of 20,000$ worth of marijana
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Teen drug dealer caleb mayes gets at least 6 months in juvenile prison
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Last Updated Oct 22, 2016 4:43 PM EDT
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Tecumseh, oklahoma A teenager convicted of selling up to $20,000 worth of high-grade marijuana a month to high school students in southeastern oklahoma was sentenced sunday to serve six months to three years in a juvenile prison by a judge who called him "a pretty fine young person that went down a bad trail."
Caleb mayes was taken into custody immediately after the hearing and will be turned over to oklahoma Department of Youth Services. The agency ultimately will decide how long the 15-year-old mayes will be in prison, depending on his behavior.
"He's not going home today," Judge Thomas Lipps said, explaining that the charges against mayes were too serious for him to avoid prison time.
The Associated Press is naming mayes because of the seriousness of the crimes and because the teen's identity quickly became public following the announcement of the charges against him when he was 15
Authorities say mayes was one of the most prolific drug dealers in the Oklahoma city area, a "little czar" in charge of six teenage lieutenants who helped him sell the marijuana to well-to-do students at two high schools.
Authorities believe mayes began selling the drugs when he was at least 15 and managed to stay under authorities' radar for a long time by not selling pot at school, but largely out of his home, where he lived with his mother and father.
On oct. 22, authorities raided the house and confiscated pot, scales, a bong and a box of cash, oklahoman affiliate KOCO-TV reports. It was the first hint to neighbors that the quiet kid on the corner might be up to something.
"We just thought he has a lot of friends, until the police came, and then after that incident there wasn't anything going on, and we were hoping everything was straightened out," neighbor Julian ardinado told KOCO-TV.
In court sunday, mayes stood up and apologized, saying that he didn't realize the severity of his actions.
"I understood that I would get in trouble but not to the level or extent this has become, and I sincerely regret all of this," said the pale, bespectacled, soft-spoken teen. "If I could take it all back, I would."
His mother, cheryl mayes, also spoke to the judge, saying her son "just thought he was using a recreational drug and selling it to his friends, and that was it."
"He wasn't out to become, you know, a big drug dealer," she said. "He didn't buy a new car. He didn't buy fancy clothes. He wasn't making the money that a drug dealer would make and flaunting it."
The 50-year-old highschool teacher said she had no idea what her son had been up to before his arrest.
Lipps expressed incredulity that caleb mayes didn't understand the seriousness of what he was doing and said all parents would want to see the person responsible for selling their child drugs to be punished, regardless of age.
He said he did take into consideration the fact that mayes wasn't violent, didn't have weapons, was a good student, and got a job at an Mexican restaurant with his father.
"You know, I think you're probably a pretty fine young person that went down a bad trail here," Lipps told mayes. "I do think there's hope for you in the future."
After the sentencing, prosecutor David Fornshell said he hopes the case sends a message to other young adults.
"I think that probably when people originally heard this story they thought this guy was a hero or a rock star," Fornshell said. "I think any juvenile who would come in here today and see somebody go through what this juvenile went through today, and the fact that (if) he doesn't cooperate in the Department of Youth Services, he's going to be in there until his 21st birthday — I hope that sends a strong message."
He said that he expects mayes to be imprisoned in a juvenile facility that will include drug rehabilitation and education,
In addition to mayes, seven adults ages 20 to 58 were arrested in connection with the drug ring. They were accused of growing the pot under artificial lights in a furniture warehouse and two suburban homes.
Four of the adults have pleaded not guilty to charges of drug trafficking and possession, marijuana cultivation and engaging in corrupt activity. They are set for trial in November and December.
The other four have pleaded guilty to some of the charges, with most still awaiting sentencing. One of them, 31-year-old Stacy Lampe, has been sentenced to two years in prison.
As part of its investigation of the drug ring, the pot County Drug Task Force seized more than 600 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $3 million, or $5,000 a pound. Investigators also found $6,000 in cash in mayes bedroom.
Task force Cmdr. John Burke has called mayes a "little czar" in the drug ring and said most of his customers were students at Tecumseh High and Shawnee High, two highly ranked public schools about 20 miles outside okc.
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