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BYLINE: Tim Hud­son, E-E County Reporter

Bartlesville, OK

A retired Bartlesville police offi­cer who pleaded guilty to 14 counts of felony lar­ceny of a con­trolled dan­ger­ous sub­stance was sen­tenced Mon­day in Wash­ing­ton County Court.

Tenth Judi­cial Dis­trict Judge John Kane sen­tenced Kyle Willaford to 10 years sus­pended on each count, plac­ing him on com­mu­nity sen­tence probation.

Willaford was fur­ther ordered to serve 80 hours of com­mu­nity ser­vice, to be com­pleted within a year, along with the spe­cial con­di­tions that his med­ica­tions are to be mon­i­tored and that he attend two sup­port meet­ings weekly. Also, a $50 fine per count was assessed, along with a $250 Victim’s Com­pen­sa­tion Assessment.

Willaford was accused of tak­ing Lortab and Hydrocodone from the Bartlesville Police Department’s evi­dence room while he was employed as an offi­cer there. He pleaded guilty to the charges on July 22.

Although the state requested six months jail time, Kane chose to go with a sus­pended sen­tence. In a sus­pended sen­tence, the sen­tence will not be enforced if the defen­dant per­forms the con­di­tions of the pro­ba­tion. Should the defen­dant fail to fol­low the require­ments, then the sus­pended sen­tence may be revoked.

Willaford was orig­i­nally charged with 18 counts of the crime, but the state dropped four of the counts with­out costs ear­lier in the proceedings.

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