Douglas Walker

The Star Press

MUNCIE – Authorities say an undercover deputy received four morphine tablets – and a song and a dance – from a Muncie woman who a short time later was arrested on drug charges,

Starla Renee Power, 52, of the 2100 block of South Gharkey Street, was preliminarily charged with dealing in a narcotic drug and maintaining a common nuisance after the Friday transaction at her home.

According to an affidavit, Power and the undercover deputy were waiting at her home for the arrival of her drug supplier when they began “rapping” the lyrics of “Oxy Cotton.”

The song, by the rapper Lil’ Wyte, lists several controlled substances, and includes the lyrics – recounted in the police report – of “What you want, what you need, hit me up, I got you man.”

“Starla actually started dancing on the couch,” Corp. Lenny Popp wrote.

When the alleged supplier – Jessie Junior “J.D.” Delk, 56, of the 2400 block of West Charles Street – arrived, the undercover agent purchased the four morphine pills for $60, authorities said.

Delk was arrested a short time later at a gas station along West Memorial Drive, and was found to have more morphine and the marked bills used in the drug deal, Popp wrote.

The Muncie man, preliminarily charged with dealing in a narcotic drug and possession of a controlled substance. He continued to be held in the Delaware County jail on Monday under a $10,000 bond.

Power also remained in the jail Monday under $10,000 bond. She was convicted last August of dealing in a controlled substance, and was placed on probation for a year.

After her Friday arrest, Power admitted to “setting up drug deals for other people, and she gets paid money or pills,” the affidavit said.

The Delaware County sheriff's drug unit was assisted in the investigation by the Muncie Police Department's narcotics unit.

Contact news reporter Douglas Walker at (765) 213-5851. You can also follow him on Twitter @DouglasWalkerSP.