Pubdate: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 Source: Oklahoman, The (OK) Copyright: 2002 The Oklahoma Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.oklahoman.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/318 Author: Diana Baldwin, The Oklahoman Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/testing.htm (Drug Testing) TRIAL DECISION DELAYED ON DRUG TEST CHARGES An Oklahoma County judge delayed a decision Friday on whether two people will go to trial on racketeering charges of preparing fake exhibits for drug court. Special Judge Carol Hubbard said she will decide Tuesday if there is enough evidence against Joe Clay Bouldin, 48, of Oklahoma City, and Joy Lynn Lippe, 32, of Yukon. Bouldin, director of Bulldog Laboratory, is accused in the racketeering charge of falsifying 25 urine analysis reports used as court exhibits between May 12, 2000, and Oct. 18, 2001. Bouldin and Lippe, a laboratory counselor, are named together in the racketeering charge with another 46 allegations of falsifying exhibits in 2000 between May 22 and Aug. 22. Five witnesses testified Friday and Sept. 6 during a preliminary hearing conducted by Hubbard. Assistant District Attorney Stephen Alcorn said, "Bulldog Laboratory systematically used its position in drug testing to subvert the judicial process both in drug court and in child custody hearings. "They used the leverage they had over these individuals for their own gain, both financial gain and sexual gain, and for procurement of drugs. What is very disturbing about this case, this isn't just a case that affects the drug court system," Alcorn said. "Bulldog labs also did pre-employment screening for transportation companies, nursing homes, nursing services, temporary employment agencies. All of those tests are played into question, but we are focusing into drug court because these are things we can prove that was falsely presented to the court to make their decision on." Beau Williams, Bouldin's attorney, declined to comment Friday after the hearing. Robert Manchester, Lippe's attorney, claims she is innocent of racketeering despite her name and initials appearing on some of the false reports. "We are not questioning that there were improper tests that were submitted various places," Manchester said. "I'm not saying who did it. I'm saying who didn't do it for sure and that is Joy Lippe. "Where her name is, is not where the inaccuracies are. She was doing that as a administrative function. She was not the one doing the tests." Oklahoma City police Detective Roland Benavides testified Sept. 6 he bought fake urine analysis reports from Bouldin after an informant introduced him to the laboratory director. The detective said he told Bouldin he had been arrested for drug trafficking and needed a report for drug court. Benavides said he paid $100 for the first test Oct. 18. On Oct. 25, Benavides said, he paid $60 for his second negative analysis report without providing a urine sample. Bouldin sold the detective a third clean report Nov. 1, Benavides said. "The following week when I asked him (Bouldin), he said he got word the police were looking at him," Benavides said. "I pleaded with him to help me more, but he pleaded with me." - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D