Former Pottawatomie Co. Deputy Accused Of Endangering the Lives Of Fellow Officers

Alicia Briones, former Pottawatomie County deputy arrested.

POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Okla. –

A metro sheriff says a former deputy betrayed his office by risking the lives of deputies.

Court filings reveal how investigators claim she double-crossed her fellow officers.

In February, Alicia Briones, a Pottawatomie County deputy at the time, became the center of an investigation spear-headed by the 23rd Judicial District Drug and Violent Crime Task Force.

According to court filings, she fed her boyfriend confidential information for months.

The Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office began keeping a close eye on now-former Pottawatomie County Deputy Alicia Briones following concerns.

“They had some red flags,” said Pottawatomie County Sheriff Michael Booth.

According to court filings a search of of her Facebook account and cell phone uncovered evidence. “One thing led to another, it was a lot more serious than we thought,” said Booth.

Dating back to December 2023, court filings detail thousands of messages between Alicia Briones and her live-in fugitive boyfriend Emanuel McClain.

Records show Briones often tipped him off to law enforcement’s whereabouts and revealed the descriptions of undercover vehicles, tag numbers, and investigators.

“The information that was given out to individuals who put law enforcement lives in danger,” said Booth.

In an alleged text from Briones to McClain investigators say she wrote “Task force been watching you…”

Filings show in another exchange, that McClain asked Briones about possible warrants for his arrest in which investigators claim Briones instructed him to delete their conversations.

“Delete these damn texts bc clearly someone reading the mfers.”

McClain was arrested on an outstanding warrant in April.

Two months later on June 25, Briones was fired for an unrelated incident.

Then following a traffic stop on August 6, visibly upset, Briones was arrested.

Briones: This is what you wanted because you’re an [expletive].

As she was placed in custody another team of investigators searched her home.

Investigator: What are y’all trying to find?

Investigator: If you had cameras, why would you take them down?

“To go back and feel like you’ve been stabbed right in the back,” said Booth.

Briones’ bond was set at $250,000. She’s no longer in jail. Records show she’ll return to court on August 21.

Before being hired by the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office in 2020, the Oklahoma County Detention Center confirmed Briones was employed as an OCDC detention officer, and that she quit earlier that year.