Tyler Boyce
(PCSD file photo)
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A 38-year-old Perkins man on probation for maintaining a house where drugs are kept has been charged with the same felony as a second offense, along with misdemeanor counts of possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.
Tyler Dean Boyce, who was ordered jailed on $10,000 bail pending a May 6 court appearance, could be incarcerated for 12 years and fined $22,000 if convicted of the three-count charge filed last week.
Boyce was arrested at 7:06 am on March 28 at his residence where a search warrant that had been issued by Payne County District Judge Phillip Corley was served at 6 am by a team of 11 law enforcement officers, according to an affidavit.
Perkins Police Officer Spencer Gedon wrote in his affidavit, “Myself, Perkins Officers Shane Dean, Dylan Anderson, Hunter Bradley, Tyson Lester, Devin Freel, Bill Hunt and Payne County Deputies Dalton Ross, Jacob Secrest, John Kuhn and Jeff Kramer executed the search warrant at 108 Sasser Ct.
“After confirming everyone was in position, I knocked loudly on the door ‘police search warrant, open the door.’ I waited some time and knocked and announced again. Officer Dylan Anderson then used a battering ram to gain access through the front door.”
A 36-year-old Stillwater man accused of misdemeanor counts of possessing a drug and paraphernalia was located in the kitchen — while Boyce and a 29-year-old Stillwater woman accused of misdemeanor counts of possessing a drug and paraphernalia were found in the master bedroom, the affidavit alleged.
“I escorted Tyler (Boyce) to a chair in the living room and set him down,” while the other two individuals were secured, Officer Gedon alleged in his affidavit.
In the master bedroom, Officer Gedon found a syringe with a liquid field-tested as methamphetamine, a small orange pill identified as the prescription sleep aid Ambien, and a spoon with residue, his affidavit alleged. In the woman’s purse were multiple items of drug paraphernalia and a small baggy containing a crystal substance, the affidavit alleged.
On the kitchen floor next to where the 36-year-old Stillwater man had been placed and handcuffed was a plastic baggy containing a crystal substance field-tested as methamphetamine, the affidavit alleged. A search of the Stillwater man, who said he had a medical marijuana card but not with him, turned up a container with a THC label containing marijuana and two smoking devices, the affidavit alleged.
When the Stillwater woman was asked in a back room why they were at Boyce’s house, “she said he was making suicidal statements and needed a friend,” the affidavit alleged. Officer Gedon alleged in his affidavit, “I asked her if they had used drugs that morning and she said ‘no.’ I asked her if she knew about drug use in the house, and she said ‘yes.’ I asked her if she had been to Tyler’s house before, and she said that she had been there a couple of times. I asked her if she had used drugs at Tyler’s house before, and she said, ‘kind of."”
Officer Gedon alleged in his affidavit, “I went back into the living room and was told Tyler wanted to talk to me. Chief Robert Ernst accompanied me on this interview. I asked Tyler about his drug use, and he said he was clean until February and started using again. I asked him if people come to his house to just use drugs, and he said, ‘no,’ people come to hang out.
“I asked Tyler about his fentanyl use, and he said he hadn’t used fentanyl in two days. Chief Ernst asked Tyler if he has ever had to have Narcan (a drug used to reverse the effects of opioids) used on him, and he said ‘no’ but he has had to use Narcan on three people in his house to keep them from overdosing.”
Two days earlier, Perkins Officer Freel “stopped a car that I observed leaving Tyler’s house and fentanyl was found in the car,” Officer Gedon alleged in his affidavit.
According to Payne County court records, on May 16, 2023, Tyler Boyce was placed on five years’ probation except for 180 days in jail for maintaining a house where drugs are kept.
