(Stillwater, Okla.) — Perkins police are searching for a Stillwater man in connection with a home invasion last week in the 400 block of Stansbury in which a woman was hit in the head with a gun — before two robbers took $200 in cash, an assault rifle and an Xbox.
The victim identified one of the robbers as Keith Randall Chapman Jr., 25, Perkins Police Officer Kyle Howard alleged in an affidavit filed in court records.
“We’re currently looking for him. Anybody who knows his whereabouts, please call us at 405-547-2855,” Perkins Police Chief Bob Ernst said.
The name of the other robbery suspect remains unknown, according to court records.
Howard was off-duty when he was called by the Perkins police chief at 1:45 p.m. on June 25 and went back on duty less than 15 minutes later, the affidavit said.
Perkins Reserve Officer Trent Mitchell advised Howard that at 1:07 p.m. two males, one possibly Keith Chapman, went to the home on Stansbury to look for the victim’s husband, the affidavit said.
The robbers did not find the man they were looking for, but “struck the other occupant in the head with a gun and stole items from the house with children in the home,” the affidavit alleged.
The victim had a gash on top of her head and was taken to the Stillwater Medical Center where she was treated in the emergency room, the affidavit said.
She said that the suspects were white, but one was larger and the other was skinnier, the affidavit said.
She said that after the men knocked at the door, she told them that her husband was not home and tried to close the door, the affidavit said.
“That’s when the larger of the two males grabbed the door, forced it open and struck her in the head with a pistol,” the affidavit alleged.
“They forced entry and made (the woman) take the children in another room while they rummaged through the house,” the affidavit alleged.
She said she knew one of them as her husband’s friend and believed his name was Keith, the affidavit said.
“She also heard the larger male call the smaller male Keith and told him to take his (Keith’s) X-box back,” the affidavit alleged.
“They also told (the woman) that the reason for the home invasion was because it was payback for (her husband) stealing from their friend three weeks ago,” the affidavit alleged.
“She advised she believed an AR-15, $200 from her wallet, and an Xbox were stolen,” the affidavit said.
The officer later called the woman’s husband and asked him to come to the Perkins police station with his wife, the affidavit said.
“Once at the Perkins Police Department, I showed her photographs of 18 different males. I gave her a pen and asked her to circle which male, if any, was involved in the incident,” Howard wrote in his affidavit.
“Without hesitation, she circled Keith Chapman’s picture out of the 18 possible pictures,” the affidavit alleged.
Her husband said he believed it was Chapman since Chapman had sold him his Xbox, the affidavit alleged.
“He also advised that the AR-15 that was stolen had a Nikon scope, 3×9 with three steel magazines, one plastic magazine,” the affidavit said.
When the officer asked the victim’s husband if he had stolen from the men or their friends on an earlier occasion, “he said he had not,” the affidavit said.
Robbery by two or more persons is punishable by five years to 50 years in prison on conviction, according to the charge filed by prosecutor Mike Kulling last week.
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