News Release from the South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team (SCINT). Coquille, Oregon May 29th, 2015 George Ray Wood was sentenced to twenty-six months in custody after pleading guilty to Unlawful Delivery of Methamphetamine. The sentence stems from a SCINT initiated investigation in late September 2014 lead by Detective Spini. Through cross corroboration and surveillance Detective Spini obtained a search warrant for the residence of George Ray Wood at 2145 ½ 25th Street, Coos Bay Oregon. Assisted by Coos Bay Police, the warrant was executed on October 2nd, 2014. Upon entry into the residence, law enforcement contacted a 76 year old woman and informed her of the circumstances. George Wood’s room was approached and Wood failed to respond to announcements. Officer’s eventually gained entry to Wood’s room and a search commenced. The search revealed over 15 grams of methamphetamine, marijuana packaged for sale, drug packaging materials, drug transaction records, and numerous items of stolen property. During subsequent interviews, Wood admitted to selling marijuana and methamphetamine. Wood also admitted he traded methamphetamine for jewelry, stolen tools, and other stolen property located on scene. Using serial numbers on the stolen tools SCINT was able to return some stolen property to the victims who previously recorded the serial numbers. Wood plead guilty to Unlawful Deliver of Methamphetamine. Pursuant to Oregon Sentencing Guidelines, Wood was sentenced to a total of twenty-six months in custody followed by thirty-six months post-prison supervision. SCINT encourages the public to report narcotics activity on the web by going to www.scint.us and “Report a Dealer”. Also, find us on Facebook.
