Firearms, drug cases top Comanche County trial docket

Monday morning will mark the first day of the first felony jury trial docket for the year in Comanche County.

Prospective jurors will meet at the Comanche County Courthouse for possible trial assignments in what will be the first of four weeks of trials. This week’s cases will be tried in the courtrooms of District Judges Jay Walker and Grant Shepherd.

There are four cases slated this week with two higher profile cases in the mix. The schedule is tentative as any trial may be preempted by the entrance of a plea.

Walker’s courtroom will open Monday for the trial of a 23-year-old Lawton man who’s been in jail on $1 million bond since his September 2020 arrest when he was 19.

Quamail Quameer Willis, a.k.a., Quameil Quameek Willis will be on trial for felony charges of possession of a firearm after delinquent adjudication and gang-related offense, as well as misdemeanor charges of obstructing an officer (two counts) and possession of controlled dangerous substance, records indicate. The gun charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Willis’ charges stem from an attempted arrest on Sept. 24, 2020. According to the probable cause affidavit, Lawton police officers saw a Chevrolet Malibu traveling east on Cache Road with Willis driving. Willis is a known member of the Neighborhood 90 Crip gang, as well as the “BBA Taliban,” according to police and at that time he was wanted for multiple active felony warrants.

A traffic stop was attempted as the car pulled into a parking lot at 6119 Cache Road, but all four occupants ran from the car as it continued through the back of the parking lot and through a fence. According to the affidavit, Willis was seen jumping a fence. A black Glock 48 9mm handgun was found where Willis jumped the fence.

Willis was arrested later that night during a traffic stop. When he was taken to jail, a bag containing five whole Alprazolam pills and two halves were recovered, according to police.

At the time of his arrest, Willis was wanted for felony charges of shooting into a dwelling and possession of a firearm after delinquent adjudication. He was scheduled to begin trial in September 2023 however, during jury selection, the charge for weapons possession after prior adjudication was read by the judge during case instruction and a mistrial was ruled.

Walker’s court will be the location Wednesday for the trial for a Lawton woman accused of selling drugs.

Mandy Lee Collett, 35, will be tried for felony charges of trafficking in cocaine, trafficking in fentanyl and maintaining a place for keeping/selling controlled substances, and misdemeanor counts of methamphetamine possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and speeding, records indicate.

A detective from the Lawton Police Special Operations Unit was on patrol on Nov. 27, 2022, around Southwest 27th Street and E Avenue, pulled over a Chevrolet Tahoe driven by Collett for speeding. Passenger Kimberly Hooven was described by police as acting “overly nervous”, the probable cause affidavit states. Police described both women as known drug dealers.

A K9 officer alerted to drugs inside the Tahoe and during a search, in the passenger side floorboard where Hoover was sitting a purse was found with a bag containing 142 grams of methamphetamine inside, the affidavit states. She was arrested and booked into Lawton City Jail for trafficking meth.

A search of Collett’s purse revealed an eyeglass case containing 13 blue M30 fentanyl pills and a baggie with 2.79 grams of meth, according to police.

The Special Operations Unit also executed a search warrant at Collett’s home at 2816 SW G. A baggie under the mattress in her room held 208.4 grams of cocaine, according to the affidavit. A baggie containing 875 M30 pills was found, as well as a pill bottle containing 75 pink pills of an unidentified Schedule II narcotic, according to police. A bag contained digital scales and two baggies of meth weighing 11.1 grams and another bag contained 173.72 grams of meth, the affidavit states.

Collett had been free on an own recognizance bond as part of the pre-trial bond release program, however, a separate case for maintaining a place for keeping/selling controlled substances, and misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia filed in January 2023 returned her to jail on $50,000 bonds for each case, records indicate.

Hooven pleaded guilty in August 2023 to felony counts of trafficking in meth and fentanyl and acquiring proceeds from drug activity and a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia, records indicate. She received concurrent 20 year sentences with 10 years to serve and 10 suspended.

Records indicate Hooven has been subpoenaed to testify as a witness in Collett’s trial.