(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Cushing man accused of breaking into a wrecker yard, reportedly to get his impounded truck, has been ordered to appear in court Wednesday with an attorney to represent him on a felony charge.
If convicted of second-degree burglary, Thomas Cecil Faires, 58, could be given a seven-year prison term, court records show.
Faires was arrested shortly before 4 p.m. Oct. 26 at Calvin’s Wrecker Service at 7624 E. Main by Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Henninger, who was sent on a report that someone had cut the fence and was going through a truck, court records show.
“I asked Mr. Faires what was going on. He said, ‘I didn’t want the bill for my truck being impounded to get high, so I cut the fence to get it out,” the deputy alleged in an affidavit.
Faires’ pickup had been impounded the previous night, according to Payne County Sheriff’s Investigator Larry Kitchel.
An employee said that when he arrived at the wrecker yard, Faires was inside the fence, Henninger alleged in his affidavit.
“I looked around the area of the blue truck and saw a pair of bolt cutters in the bed of the truck. I asked Mr. Faires if he used the bolt cutters to cut the fence with — he said yes,” Henninger alleged in his affidavit.
According to state Department of Corrections records, Faires was convicted in Payne County in 1996 of drug possession with intent to distribute and placed on five years’ probation.
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