POLICE RAID DRUG-TESTING LAB, ARREST 1

An undercover police sting at an Oklahoma City drug and alcohol testing
laboratory has sent one man to jail, and potentially put hundreds of
Oklahoma County court cases in question. Joe Clay Bouldin, 47, was arrested
after a police team raided the Bulldog Laboratory, 105 N Hudson Ave., Sgt.
Jeff Lathan said. The laboratory is in the Investors Capital Building next
to the Oklahoma County office building and courthouse.

Bouldin was arrested Tuesday on complaints of preparing false evidence and
an outstanding warrant on a violation of the Employee Security Act. He was
being held Wednesday night at the Oklahoma County jail on $8,000 bail.

Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane said Bouldin was selling clean
urine to people who went to the laboratory for drug or alcohol testing. The
laboratory frequently is used in court proceedings.

"This is a huge concern right now," Lane said. "The courts and prosecutors
don't know what to believe and who is wrongfully out on the streets.

"We are going to have to identify which of these individuals have
fraudulent drug tests."

Drug and alcohol tests are used in criminal and domestic cases. Judges use
the test results to decide whether a defendant should go to prison or be
given community sentencing; whether the person should be released from jail
on bond while awaiting trial; and also in pre- sentence investigation
reports written to help determine the length of a prison sentence or
determine whether probation should be granted.

Judges often refer to drug and alcohol test results when granting victim
protective orders.

Police have been working on the undercover sting operation at the
laboratory for several months, Lane said. Investigators have seized all the
laboratory's records, the district attorney said.

"First, we are going to have to identify those who have gone through this
service," Lane said. "Our first interest is to find out if there is a
threat to the public's safety."

Lane told The Oklahoman on Wednesday he has more questions than answers,
but he suspects there could be hundreds of cases that might now be in question.

"Is there anyone on probation who is violent?" Lane asked. "What people are
on the street and shouldn't be?"