Charges were filed Sept. 27 on thefts that were reported in 2021 in Alfalfa County.

Court documents show on June 1, 2021, Colton Castle reported his Polaris Ranger ATV had been stolen from his barn at US-64 and County Road 690. Castle said he left his ATV at the barn the previous night. Shortly after, Castle called back and stated he had located his ATV nearby at the intersection of Craig Road and County Road 680.

Alfalfa County Deputy Sheriff Diego Gutierrez met Castle where he found the ATV. Castle pointed out the ATV had just been left on the side of the road with the key in it and a full tank of gas. Castle said the only things missing were his fishing poles and gear. He showed Gutierrez some foot tracks he had found and followed, leading to his barn two miles away. They followed the tracks and found a black set of headphones that appeared to have been dropped recently. They then turned around the followed the tracks to the west of County Road 680 where they stopped near another set of vehicle tracks. Along the set of tracks, Gutierrez found a black credit/debit card which appeared to have been dropped there very recently. He collected the card for evidence. On the reverse side he was able to identify the owner as Adrian Carson.

Gutierrez followed the tracks, which ended near a different set of tire tracks. He located a key to what appeared to e a 2014 or newer Chevy vehicle. He was also able to distinguish a third set of foot tracks. He followed the tracks, which were lost at the highway.

Castle later called and told Gutierrez he went back to the barn and realized he was missing three full five-gallon containers of gasoline that he’s left there.

Gutierrez followed up on a call of a suspicious vehicle seen on that road the previous morning with a flat tire. Dispatch advised the vehicle had last been seen at the Jiffy Trip gas station in Jet.

At the gas station, Gutierrez was informed the vehicle was there until they fixed the flat tire and left headed west on Highway 64. The Jiffy Trip employee who saw the vehicle described it as an old beat up Ford F-150 that looked like it was spray painted by hand and had no tags.

On July 19, 2021, Gutierrez arrested Harold Willson and Neal Scrimsher for possession of stolen oil-field equipment. Through further investigation, he learned Willson owned a pickup matching the description of the vehicle seen in the area of the ATV. He was informed the vehicle was impounded in Perry because Willson was driving it with no tags. The vehicle and its tire tracks matched the tire tracks found and photographed at the scene where the ATV was left.

On Aug. 11, 2021, Willson was interviewed by OSBI Agent Todd Spurlock in relation to Gutierrez’s arrest on July 19. Asked about the thefts Willson said his girlfriend Adrian Carson and Neal Scrimsher usually accompanied him. When asked about the battery thefts and the ATV theft, Willson said he, Carson and Scrimsher had taken the ATV on June 1 and the batteries from the oil field the night before using the blue Ford truck located in impound in Perry.

On Sept. 27 in Alfalfa County, Adrian Alma Carson, 31, of Enid, was charged with larceny of implements of husbandry in the ATV theft. This felony charge is punishable by imprisonment for three to ten years.

Carson was also charged with two misdemeanors. She was charged with larceny of gasoline in the theft of the three gasoline containers. She was charged with pettit larceny in the theft of the fishing poles and fishing gear.