Oklahoma City man pretends to be unconscious in jail while hiding drugs in his mouth, police say

An Oklahoma City man remained in jail Friday after police said he tried to hide a baggie of crack cocaine in his mouth and pretended to be unconscious in the Oklahoma County jail.

During a traffic stop early Tuesday, officers arrested Dion Lamont Wilson, 34, for driving without a valid license and an assault and battery warrant stemming from a previous incident. During a medical examination, a jail nurse noticed Wilson appeared to be hiding something in his mouth. When the nurse asked Wilson to open his mouth, he pretended to pass out, police said.

While he was lying on the floor, Wilson would occasionally partially open one eye to see if officers were still watching him, police said.

Officers took Wilson to St. Anthony Hospital, where he continued to act unconscious and refused to open his mouth. Wilson then told officers he had a marijuana joint in his mouth and refused to spit it out, saying he didn’t want to go back to prison.