Grove brothers get 5-year deferred sentence on drug charges

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Two Grove brothers pleaded guilty to drug charges and were each sentenced to a five-year deferred sentence in Cherokee Nation Criminal Court.

Rowdy, 22, and Rusty Roberts, 23,  entered guilty pleas in June to two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute, two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, two counts of possession of drugs without tax stamp affixed and acquired proceeds of drug activity.

Both men are required to pay $1,600 in fines.

One gun, approximately $6,500 in cash, Xanax, two bags of mushrooms were seized from Ancient Roots, a Grove dispensary owned by the Roberts family. Authorities also seized 21 weapons and ammunition, fentanyl pills, 1,000 alprazolam pills, multiple bags containing unknown white powder,  multiple bags containing mushrooms, digital scales, multiple glass bottles labeled alprazolam, multiple clear capsules containing an unknown substance and approximately $1,200 from the Roberts’ Grove residence.

Rusty admitted to authorities to giving the fentanyl, which he thought was Percocet, to a friend in pain, the affidavit states.

Shanie Roberts, 48, mother to Rowdy and Rusty, was also charged in Delaware County, but those charges were dropped after her preliminary hearing after the state failed to meet its burden of proof.

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