Kolby Taylor Osterdock
Idabel police last week arrested a 25-year-old Broken Bow man who has now been charged with being an accessory to first-degree murder in Pushmataha County.
Records show the arrest of Kolby Taylor Osterdock, 25, began as a routine traffic stop.
It soon took an unexpected turn, however, when the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation got involved after learning of his arrest.
Idabel Sgt. Christopher Sherwood said he was patrolling on South Center at 1:56 a.m. Wednesday when he spotted a 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe with its tag light out. He stopped the vehicle.
The driver, a 51-year-old Idabel man, presented the officer with a Texas inmate ID card rather than a driver’s license.
Osterdock was in the passenger seat.
While the officer awaited word from the dispatcher on whether there were any outstanding warrants, he cautioned the men not to do anything stupid because he had the police dog with him, and it would alert even on a pipe.
Dispatch reported the driver’s license had expired, and a second officer arrived.
According to Sherwood, after Osterdock heard the dog would hit on a pipe, Osterdock admitted he had one. As police started to go through a bag Osterdock had, he further stated he had illegal drugs there, which he estimated to be about 20 grams.
Officers then began to take him into custody.
Osterdock raised his hands and stated, according to police, that he had a firearm in his waistband. He did indeed, and police said when dispatch ran the weapon, it came back as being stolen.
Officers searched the vehicle, and the driver said he didn’t care because he had just purchased the vehicle. Officers said they found a glass pipe and what appeared to be marijuana joints.
The OSBI radioed officers, saying agents wanted to speak to Osterdock and also requested that a hold be placed on the vehicle.
After being Mirandized, the driver said he had just purchased the Tahoe for $1,500 from a woman living in the Pines Apartments who said she and her kids were moving to Arizona.
Police said the powder found in Osterdock’s bag did indeed test positive for meth and cocaine.
Osterdock was placed in a cell pending the arrival of OSBI.
Osterdock was formally charged in Pushmataha County with being an accessory to murder.
Prosecutors allege that Osterdock and Bonnie Simpson, 28, helped David Basham, 29, get rid of the body of a lumber yard employee after Basham shot him.
Simpson was charged with being an accessory, as Osterdock was. She was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service, and Basham was located in Wisconsin Friday by the U.S. Marshals Service and charged with first-degree murder.
Accessory to murder, upon conviction, carries a potential punishment of five to 45 years in prison.
OSBI got involved in the case on Sept. 2 after a caller said they witnessed a murder.
The Pushmataha County Sheriff’s Office requested federal assistance following the tip of a homicide of a 60-year-old man at a lumber yard.
Investigators have been searching for an adult male victim, and the case is ongoing.
Records show that in McCurtain County, Osterdock was charged Friday with:
- Tracking amphetamine or methamphetamine, 20 grams or more.
- Knowingly concealing stolen property (the gun).
- Possession of a controlled substance, cocaine.
- Possession of a controlled substance, marijuana.
- Possession of drug paraphernalia.
