(Stephenville, Tx) – A man believed to be connected to the Irish mob was arrested in Oklahoma earlier after allegedly threatening to kill his girlfriend’s mother.

According to the Stephenville Empire Tribune, 30-year-old Justin Dwayne Drake was taken into custody by a task force in Shawnee after the Erath County Sheriff’s Office issued a warrant for his arrest.  The case against Drake was built around phone calls with his girlfriend, 28 year old Chelsea Wolfe, who’s being held at the Erath County Jail on charges of aggravated assault.

Wolfe is accused of beating her mother in a violent attack last November.  According to the official complaint, Drake was recorded in jailhouse telephone calls with Wolfe making threats against her mother.  The couple seemed to believe that if Wolfe’s mother was eliminated, the case against Chelsea Wolfe would be dropped.  The pair apparently didn’t realize jailhouse calls are recorded.

Lt. Ben Moore tells the Tribune “Due to his gang affiliation, which he openly admits, and the history of the Irish mob in Oklahoma and the crimes they have committed, we couldn’t take any chances with an Erath County citizen getting hurt or killed”.