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Two women from Cherokee have been charged in the theft of guns and money from an Ingersoll residence.

Court records show on April 23, Jerran Waugh contacted law enforcement about missing firearms from his house. Alfalfa County sheriff’s deputies Caleb Roberts and Loren Nusser met with Jerran Waugh and his wife Janelle at their home in Ingersoll. He said he had noticed the firearms missing about 20 minutes before calling. The firearms were in a gun safe inside the house. Jerran said he could have accidentally left it unlocked at some point. Ammunition stored on top of the safe was also missing. The cash that had been stolen was located in a glass jar in Jerran’s bedroom closet. One of the stolen firearms was owned by a friend, Trey Clepper. Jerran said he last saw the firearms approximately six months ago and the money was last seen around April 13.

Missing items belonging to Jerran included a Ruger LCP .380 auto handgun (value $400), a Glock 19 9mm Luger handgun (value $550), a Springfield Armory XD .40 SW handgun (value $550), a Uildiz Lineage Over/Under 20-gauge shotgun (value $500), a Remington 770 .245 with bone collector sling (value $350), a Winchester 61 .22SLLR (value $1,000), five 50-round red boxes of Federal 9mm Lugar 115 grain ammunition (value $125), and a glass jar containing $300 cash. Total value of the items is $3,775.

Trey Clepper’s missing firearm was a Savage 17HMR stock w/thumbhole and a Nikon BDC Prostaff model scope (value $700).

Janelle Waugh stated that Kolt Hudson, formerly known as Kaitlynn Hudson, knew about the glass jar of money in the closet. Jerran mentioned an occasion when Hudson asked about getting a gun out of the safe to shoot a varmint or some kind of nuisance animal in the yard. He was unsure of the date but it wasn’t very long ago, and he told Hudson no.

Deputy Roberts asked if Hudson had ever been alone in the house without the Waughs being nearby, and Janelle said Hudson lived there recently so it was possible. Jerran said Hudson lived with them for around a year and moved out sometime in March.

Due to recent experience involving Hudson, Roberts looked into pawn sales and found Hudson had sold four guns at Tiger Pawn in Enid two different times during April. These were a Remington 770 .243 with bone collector sling, a Yildiz Lineage 20-gauge shotgun, a Springfield XD .40SW, and a Glock 19 9mm. The firearms either had serial numbers or descriptions matching the list of firearms from the Waugh residence.

After looking into more pawn sales of guns, Roberts noticed the name Shyla Frost who is the significant other of Hudson, and found she had pawned two guns in April. One was a Savage 17HMR with Nikon scope matching the description given by Clepper.

Kaitlynn Garnett Ann Hudson, 27, of Cherokee, has been charged with grand larceny in a house or vessel, a felony. This crime is punishable by imprisonment for up to eight years.

Shyla Marie Frost, 29, of Cherokee, has been charged with conspiracy, a felony. This crime is punishable by imprisonment for up to 10 years, or a fine of up to $5,000, or both.