A traffic stop in Glenpool on October 18 led to separate arrests for driver Todd Wesley Thacker and passenger Kari Nicole Webster, KFOR reported. Thacker was arrested on suspicion of drug DUI and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle. Webster faces allegations involving marijuana, drug paraphernalia and destroying evidence.
KFOR reported that police alleged Webster tried to conceal evidence in a QuikTrip milkshake. The allegations against the passenger are separate from the suspected driving offenses involving Thacker; neither arrest, by itself, establishes guilt.
What Oklahoma’s impaired-driving guidance says
The Oklahoma Highway Safety Office’s summary of state law says DUI can include driving under the influence of a nonalcohol intoxicating substance that may make a person incapable of driving safely. That general definition does not establish whether impairment occurred in this stop or whether an allegation will be proven.
The state office also says alcohol- and drug-impaired-driving crashes represent a significant portion of Oklahoma traffic fatalities. That is a measure of crashes and fatalities, not arrests. Its crash-data methodology uses a broad definition of drug-related crashes, including cases involving a positive drug test or a law-enforcement designation of drug or medication influence; the office cautions that a positive test does not necessarily mean impairment.
Those statewide definitions and figures provide context, but they do not resolve the allegations from Glenpool. Thacker and Webster are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
