William Cecil Wilson Jr
(Cushing PD file photo)
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A 44-year-old Cushing man, who allegedly yelled “F… you” to the court at his arraignment from the Payne County Jail, has been charged with burglarizing Greenfield Mechanical while possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
If found guilty of the three-count charge, William Cecil Wilson Jr. could be given as much as a life prison term plus two years, due to his prior 2017 conviction for making a false declaration of ownership of a water pump to a Cushing pawn shop, court records show.
Wilson, who was released from jail on $3,000 bail on Halloween, has been ordered to appear in court on Dec. 7 with an attorney, court records show.
Wilson was arrested at 12:07 am on Oct. 30 outside the Cushing business at 514 N. Luella after police were sent there at 11:17 pm on Oct. 29 regarding an overhead door burglary alarm, an affidavit said.
Cushing Police Officer Jonathan Walker wrote in an affidavit, “Sgt. Piatt, Officer Clark and I arrived and began checking the main building,” which checked secure.
“Sgt. Piatt found an unsecure door on a storage building just north of the main building. We then cleared the building, which was determined to be unoccupied, storing mowers,” according to Officer Walker’s affidavit.
“As I rounded the corner around some shrubbery, I observed a male lying face down on the ground wearing a red and black jacket with the hood up, blue jeans, orange and black gloves, a white towel tied around his neck as a mask, and brown boots. Wilson Jr. had his face concealed and it appeared he was attempting to hide,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“Prior to Miranda advisement or questioning, Wilson spontaneously uttered that he had a syringe in his front right jacket pocket. Wilson also stated that he was not trying to break into anything and was only dumpster diving. Wilson advised that he had methamphetamine in his front right jacket pocket inside of a blue bag with a lock and zipper.
“Wilson also stated that he had only opened the door to the storage building and stepped inside, but did not take anything,” the affidavit alleged.
The officer alleged in his affidavit that at 12:07 am, “I located the syringe and blue bag containing two baggies, one with residue, one with a white crystal-like substance. I also located a part labeled ‘battery indicator’ in Wilson’s front left jacket pocket. Wilson stated that he had found the battery indicator inside of a trash can in front of the business.”
When the business owner arrived, he “was able to determine that the battery indicator was an hour meter for a mower and had been left inside of the storage building on the deck of one of the mowers located inside,” the affidavit alleged.
“While conducting a search of Wilson at the jail, I located a blue plastic 1/8 measuring cup containing a white crystal-like substance in his front left jacket pocket. Wilson advised that the substance was methamphetamine and had forgotten that he had it in his pocket. Wilson advised that the cup was used to mix the methamphetamine,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“The white crystal-like substance tested presumptive positive for methamphetamine. The syringe tested negative for methamphetamine,” the affidavit alleged.
According to Payne County court records, in May of 2017 Wilson had been placed on three years of probation except for 60 days in jail with an order to pay $100 restitution for a making a false declaration of ownership of a water pump to a Cushing pawn shop.
