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By Patti Weaver
STILLWATER — A 20-year-old Stillwater woman and a 30-year-old ex-convict from Stillwater have been charged together with robbing a man, with whom she was acquainted, of his cell phone and cash in a hotel parking lot on May 24.
Truely Justice-Faith Sanders, who has been scheduled for arraignment on July 31, was ordered jailed on $25,000 bond; she could be given a prison term ranging from five to 50 years if convicted of robbery by two or more persons.
Dakota Chance Chapman, whose bond has been increased from $25,000 to $100,000 due to his criminal record, could be given as much as a life prison term if convicted of the robbery charge on which he has been scheduled to appear from the Payne County Jail on July 7.
“The victim had previously been in a relationship with one of the suspects, Truely Sanders. He said he came to town to visit Truely. He went to meet her at a house in Stillwater,” Stillwater Police Detective Chance Whiteley alleged in an arrest warrant affidavit filed last week.
“Truely asked him to take her and (another man) to another address. While enroute, she asked him to stop to pick up another friend, ‘throwdown,’ an individual later identified as Dakota Chapman.
“After taking Dakota by another house, Dakota then asked the victim to take him to (a restaurant). As he began to pull into (the restaurant), he was directed by Dakota and Truely to pull around to the east side,” of a hotel, the affidavit alleged.
“Once he began to back into a parking spot, Truely produced a handgun from her waistband, chamber-loaded it, and placed it against his head. She began demanding all of his belongings to include wallet and money. Dakota Chapman reached to the front seat from the back seat and took (his) phone.
“Both Dakota and (the other man), who was seated behind the victim, continually told him to just hand over his property and cooperate, to make things easier.
“Dakota indicated he would not beat (the victim) up if he cooperated, and (the other man) reached up from the back seat to attempt to search (the victim’s) pockets and locate the wallet he dropped while retrieving under duress. At this point, (the victim) had handed Truely an amount of money not to exceed $200 from his pocket.
“When Truely demanded (the victim’s) keys, he feigned compliance by stepping out to retrieve them from his pocket. Once he was out of the truck, he slammed the door and ran away. He would later realize that while he ran, he dropped a money envelope containing $1800 from his pants.
“He ran to the front doors of the hotel and yelled that he was being robbed. The front desk clerk hid him in a nearby room and loaned her cell phone so he could contact the police.
“While waiting for the police, the clerk said Truely and a male (the other individual) walked into the hotel and asked to rent a room. Due to the clerk’s knowledge of the incident, she told them none were available. (The other man) had wandered off, and Truely exited the hotel just before police arrived.
“When police arrived and spoke to (the victim), the other individual appeared in the lobby. When he was pointed out by (the victim), officers interviewed him. He admitted that he was in the vehicle when Truely and ‘throwdown’ robbed (the victim) at gunpoint. He said that as (the victim) ran, he dropped money.
“Truely and ‘throwdown’ ran to pick up the money dropped, and (the other man) ran in the other direction. That story would later be refuted by the desk clerk identifying (the other individual) as the male that came in with Truely moments after the robbery to rent a room.
“(The victim) also described (the other man) as integral to and not surprised by the robbery. He assisted in the robbery without prompt or force. (The victim) later confirmed that the cash he dropped while running was gone, only an empty envelope remained.
“(The victim) was later invited to the police department to participate in a photo lineup, which included Dakota Chapman. He picked Dakota Chapman from the lineup and indicated that was the individual that assisted Truely and (the other man) in the robbery and was referred to throughout the night as ‘throwdown,"” the affidavit for an arrest warrant alleged.
The other man has not been charged with robbery but instead listed as a witness for the prosecution against Chapman and Sanders, court records show.
According to the state Department of Corrections and court records, Chapman was released from prison three years ago after serving about three and one-half years of three concurrent 10-year prison terms for being a felon with a firearm in Payne County in 2018, and conspiracy along with grand larceny in Noble County in 2019. Chapman also had been placed on five years’ probation in 2017 for methamphetamine possession in Payne County in 2014.
