Two Waynoka men charged with burglary

 

August 5, 2018



Two Waynoka men have been charged with second degree burglary after the owner of a Woods County farm provided law enforcement with security video.

Angel Medrano, 31, of Waynoka, and Tyler Scott Hummer, 30, of Waynoka, have been charged with second degree burglary, a felony. This crime is punishable by imprisonment for two to seven years. The men are scheduled for an initial court appearance on Aug. 14.

According to court affidavits, Woods County Deputy Sheriff Chase Bouziden received a call from Lee Bixler on July 25 about a burglary alarm from the night before. Bixler said he had missed a call from Nest Secure Home Security at approximately 11:45 p.m. and he just wanted to check on any information from the deputy who responded to the call.

Bouziden located the incident report from Deputy Adam Honeyman stating he and Deputy Kyle Fuller responded to an alarm call at the rural residence but could not find evidence of anyone making entry and the surrounding area was secure.

When Bixler heard the report, he said he had video of two individuals entering the residence at the time the alarm went off. When told there was no forced entry, Bixler said he had a garage door opener hidden on the property. Bixler said to find the opener, an individual would need to have knowledge of where it was hidden from being at the property before. Bixler said he asked Bill Urban to check on the property.

Bixler later emailed Deputy Bouziden two videos. The first showed two men walking around the back of the residence with one man looking directly into the camera in the utility room. The second video showed a man with a flashlight looking at the key pad to the alarm system and then abruptly leaving.

Undersheriff Keith Dale and Deputy Bouziden were able to capture an image of the man looking directly into the camera. Through investigation, they found the individual bore a striking resemblance to Angel Medrano. They located Medrano’s apartment in Waynoka, but he was not home. They obtained his phone number and learned he was at work but would return to Waynoka in approximately one hour. He told them he would meet with them then.

Bouziden contacted Urban and asked him to meet Deputy Ethan McOsker at the residence to take photos. Urban said when he checked, he found the camera from the utility room missing.

Dale and Bouziden saw a vehicle pull up to Medrano’s apartment and made contact with him.

According to the affidavit, when Dale asked Medrano where he had been the previous night, he said he was at the “Sunset Place” north of Waynoka. Bouziden notes in the affidavit that Medrano appeared very nervous and fidgety with a shaky voice. Asked where the “Sunset Place” was, Medrano said it was a place where he had done some work.

When asked why he went there, Medrano said he had lost his wallet and believed it was there, according to the affidavit. He said Tyler Hummer drove him to the residence because he did not have a driver’s license.

Bouziden went outside and contacted Bixler to ask if he knew Medrano. Bixler said he had never heard of him. He said he had several people who had worked for him but Medrano’s name did not sound familiar and he never had permission to be in his residence.

The deputies continued the questioning at the Waynoka Police Department. Medrano told them he had helped Danny Schmitt clean an outbuilding at Bixler’s residence, which the deputies confirmed with Schmitt. He said Medrano helped him remove a sign from the property on July 22, and that was the last time they were there. Schmitt said they did not go into the residence but they put the sign in the garage, and Medrano would have seen where the garage door opener was hidden.

Undersheriff Dale said Medrano told him that he entered the residence using the hidden garage door opener. At the request of the deputies, Medrano contacted Hummer asking him to come to the police department.

Hummer arrived in a white GMC Yukon. He said he took Medrano to a residence north of Waynoka to look for his wallet. Dale asked why they had gone into the house. He denied going inside, but Dale told him there was video. He asked what happened to the missing video camera, and Hummer said he didn’t know but would be willing to pay for it.

Both men were placed under arrest for second degree burglary and booked into the Woods County Jail. As they were being handcuffed, Hummer said, “The camera is probably in the ditch,” according to the affidavit.

Bouziden later contacted Bixler and asked him to review his video from earlier in the day around 6 p.m. because Hummer said they went to the farm at that time before the later trip. Bouziden asked Bixler if he had a name for his farm, and he said they called it “Sunset Farms.”

Bixler contacted Bouziden to say he located a video of a white SUV entering the driveway and pulling into one of the outbuildings about 6 p.m. Two males and a female exited and walked around the property.

The female was later identified as Amber Swonger. Deputy Honeyman contacted her, and she told him she and Hummer picked up Medrano the evening of July 25. She said they ended up at a farm where Medrano said he had done some work. She said she didn’t know they were not allowed to be there. According to the affidavit, Swonger told them Medrano said the farm was selling and they could get what they wanted because it was just getting thrown away. She said she walked around and tried to keep an eye on Hummer’s dog. She said she was told to put a milk jug in the vehicle and then they left the residence.

 

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