Brandon Michael Norman, Armed Robbery, Oklahoma 2024

A brazen armed robbery at a marijuana stash house in Oklahoma City has led to four guilty pleas and a haul of over 600 pounds of black-market marijuana and $40,000 in cash.

Brandon Michael Norman, 26, of West Melbourne, Florida, pleaded guilty to interference with commerce by robbery and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in a federal court on August 12, 2024.

According to investigators, on February 8, 2024, officers with the Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD) responded to a reported armed robbery at a metro home. Victims in the home told authorities that three men, later identified as Norman’s co-defendants, William Lewis Daniels, 25, Jordon Isaih Watson, 25, and Keldon Sherrod Williams, 26, all of Texas, forced their way into the home and ordered the victims onto the floor where their hands were restrained with zip-ties.

The victims told police that one of the defendants, later identified as Daniels, had a firearm. The defendants then ransacked the house and stole more than $36,000 in cash, more than 600 pounds of black-market marijuana stuffed into trash bags, and other items. OCPD officers determined the residence was a black-market marijuana stash house.

Security footage from an adjacent property showed four vehicles leaving the stash house after the robbery, including a car stolen from the victims. The stolen car was later located by OCPD officers in a nearby business parking lot.

Authorities pulled over two of the suspect vehicles shortly thereafter without incident, and arrested Norman, Watson, and Williams. Daniels, however, led authorities on a high-speed chase down Interstate 235 during rush hour traffic, wrecked his vehicle, and fled briefly on foot before he was arrested.

Between the three vehicles, OCPD recovered 690 pounds of marijuana, $40,710.00 in cash, and one firearm. Norman pleaded guilty to the Superseding Information, and admitted he took cash and marijuana from the victims, and that he possessed marijuana which he intended to distribute to others.

Norman faces up to 40 years in federal prison and fines totaling up to $1,250,000.00. Daniels, Watson, and Williams each face up to 40 years in federal prison and fines totaling up to $1,250,000.00. Daniels also faces up to an additional 15 years in federal prison for being a drug user in possession of a firearm.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/armed-robbery-marijuana-stash-house-oklahoma-city-leads-four-guilty-pleas