POTEAU - A member of the Poteau City Council remains jailed in California following his arrest on drug charges. David White was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon according to the Poteau Police Department after a multi-state investigation.
“On January 17, 2018, at approximately 1520 hours authorities in Northern California were assisted by investigators from the Poteau Police Department, Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, and District 16 Drug Task Force, in the arrest of Poteau City Council member David White.” the Department said in a release. “The charges stem from from a year and a half long investigation by the above listed agencies in which White was federally indicted in the US District Court in Muskogee, OK.”
White is charged with one count of drug conspiracy & four counts of distribution of methamphetamine. White is currently incarcerated in California & awaiting extradition by federal officers back to Oklahoma.
