By: Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A convicted rapist, who was released from prison last year, has admitted possessing an ATV in Perkins that had been stolen in Cushing, along with resisting arrest and obstructing Perkins Police Officer Daryn Zanfardino.
Kutter Edwin Brabander, 37, of Norman, who previously lived in Ripley, was placed on five years’ probation except for serving 90 days in jail and ordered to pay $4,705 in restitution as part of a plea bargain with the prosecution approved in court last week.
Brabander must pay the cost of his incarceration along with $1,510 in other assessments as well as court costs, have a substance abuse evaluation, follow any recommendations, and undergo random drug tests as probation conditions required by District Judge Phillip Corley.
Brabander, who told the judge he does oil field work, had been arrested at 6:44 a.m. on July 20 at Highway 33 and Perkins Road after pounding on doors in Perkins and asking for gas money for his ATV, according to the officer’s affidavit.
While Brabander was in jail after giving a false last name and resisting arrest for which he was given concurrent 90-day jail terms last week, Perkins Field Training Officer Billy Laster and Zanfardino interviewed him on July 26 about the ATV that Cushing police said was reported stolen there on July 22, an affidavit said.
“Brabander advised that he had run out of gas when he arrived in Perkins and that he had begun knocking on doors attempting to get some gas for the four-wheeler. I asked Brabander if he took the highway from Cushing to get to Perkins and he advised that he had taken the dirt roads,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“Brabander advised that he had just gotten the job and that it was his last resort to hop on the four-wheeler to get to work,” on a drilling rig, the affidavit said.
According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and court records, Brabander had been released from prison in May of 2018 after being convicted of:
* second-degree rape in Ponca City in Kay County in 2011 for which he was given a 15-year sentence, but served less than half;
* contributing to the delinquency of minors in Ponca City in Kay County in 2011 for which he was given a concurrent two years;
* possessing stolen property in Perry in Noble County in 2008 for which he was initially given probation that was revoked in 2011 when he was given a concurrent three years;
* failure to register as a sex offender in Perry and violating a residency restriction by living with a child in Noble County in 2018 for which he was placed on seven and one-half years’ probation in 2018;
* drug possession in Kay County in 2010 for which he was given a concurrent two-year prison term in 2011.
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