
(Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Perkins man has been given a three-year prison term by District Judge Donald Worthington for violating the probation he had received last year in an SUV burglary at a Meridian Technology Center parking lot in Stillwater.
While he was on probation, Andy Dewayne Wilkins, 20, was charged with burglarizing a residence on July 1 and possessing methamphetamine and marijuana a week later, court records show. He is due to appear in court Aug. 9 on his new felony charges.
Last year, Wilkins was placed on five years' probation for the SUV burglary and ordered to pay a $500 fine, $250 to the victims' compensation fund and $234 restitution along with performing 50 hours of community service within six months.
Wilkins was a student at MTC in 2008 when he got in a Perkins man's unlocked SUV in the school's B parking lot, took sunglasses off the dashboard and stole an IPOD, court records show. He was identified as the burglar through campus video surveillance cameras, according to an affidavit by Stillwater Police Officer Paul Priegel.
"Andy said he gave the IPOD to a friend to have his friend hold it, and he kept possession of the sunglasses.
"Andy said when he and his friend arrived back to Perkins High School around noon, Andy told his friend he had stolen the IPOD -- and the friend gave the IPOD back because he didn't want to be in possession of stolen property.
"Andy said he then concealed the stolen merchandise in his vehicle until his mother called because the police were looking for him," the affidavit said.
His father had him report to the police department with the IPOD and sunglasses, the affidavit said.
Ten months after he was placed on probation for burglarizing the SUV, Wilkins was arrested in rural Stillwater by Payne County Sheriff's Deputy Gregg Russell for alleged possession of methamphetamine in his wallet, and also having marijuana in a cigarette package in his vehicle, both on July 8, court records show.
Wilkins was also charged with burglarizing a rural residence in Payne County on July 1, court records show.
If convicted of his new charges, Wilkins could be incarcerated for an additional 18 years, court records show.
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