(Stillwater, Okla.) – A Yale man who is on probation for a Cushing business burglary has been charged with possessing a 1997 Buick stolen from the rural property of a woman who is now living in a nursing home.
An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Justin Levi Catron, 22, who was not in custody this afternoon, a jail spokesman told KUSH.
A Cushing man who leases the victim’s land said when he left the property on April 15, her 1997 Buick was at the residence, but when he arrived two days later to feed cattle, he noticed the vehicle was gone, Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Bobby Miller wrote in an affidavit.
He said he called the victim’s sister, who contacted her and the Sheriff’s Office, the affidavit said.
“On April 18, I observed a vehicle fitting the description in the yard of Northrup Metals in Cushing,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit.
The victim’s stolen car was sold to the business on April 16 by Catron, who signed a bill of sale stating he was the owner of the vehicle, the affidavit said.
“He also signed the receipt of sale stating he was authorized to dispose of the vehicle,” for which he was paid $187, the affidavit alleged.
“I viewed photos of the transaction and observed the vehicle being towed onto the scale,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit.
“I observed Mr. Catron at the counter and receive a check for the vehicle,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.
The victim said “she gave no one permission to take the vehicle and she did want to prosecute the person who took the vehicle,” the affidavit said.
That incident occurred six months after Catron was released from the Payne County Jail after serving a year for burglarizing the Kum and Go convenience store at 2001 E. Main in Cushing, court records show.
Catron was originally charged with robbing the store on Dec. 27, 2013, with an imitation gun, but pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree burglary in the case, court records show. A year ago, Catron – who had been in custody since 25 minutes after the incident – was given a one-year jail term with credit for time served followed by six years of probation for the crime, court records show.
Catron was ordered to follow all the recommendations contained in a background report for the court and to pay the cost of his incarceration, court records show.
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