By Cass Rains
Staff Writer
Two Texas residents stopped by Waukomis police Sunday for speeding and allegedly found in possession of stolen identification, checks and credits cards were charged with a 28 felonies Wednesday.
Cody Lee Carver, 20, and Amber Paige Williams, 26, each were charged with a count of unauthorized use of a vehicle and 13 counts of knowingly concealing stolen property.
Williams also was charged with a misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer, for providing a false name to police at the time of her arrest, the charge alleges.
The pair could face charges in other Oklahoma counties and in Texas, as well as federal charges, for taking credit cards and personal checks from mailboxes in both states, according to court documents.
On Sunday, the two, both from Amarillo, Texas, were stopped by officer Lo-gan Niles for driving 63 mph in a 45 mph zone on U.S. 81.
Carver pulled the truck in front of an abandoned residence just off the highway and Williams told Niles they were visiting her grandmother, but could not provided Niles with her grandmother’s name.
Williams told Niles the truck belonged to her uncle and she did not know where the insurance was. Carver gave Niles a Texas identification card, which showed Carver had a revoked Texas driver’s license, according to the affidavit.
Niles arrested Carver for driving without a license and during a search of the truck found an Oklahoma license plate behind the driver’s seat, which had been reported stolen to Enid Police Department, according to the affidavit.
Williams also was detained and told police her name was Tammy Lucas.
Waukomis Police Chief Mike Adams arrived and asked Carver what the passenger’s name was. Carver said he only knew her first name, which was Jo. Carver also told Adams he did not know who owned the truck, but he paid $50 to borrow it, according to the affidavit.
During a search of Carver, police found a Shell credit card reported stolen in Amarillo.
Police attempted to check the vehicle registration, but the tag did not return a registry for the vehicle, according to the affidavit. Police also tried using the vehicle’s VIN number, and that too failed to return a match.
Eventually, according to the affidavit, EPD was able to determine the truck had been reported stolen in Amarillo but should have been bearing a different Texas tag number.
During a search of the vehicle, police found numerous pieces of mail with names that did not match those given by Carver and Williams, according to the affidavit. Police also found an envelope with numerous check, some of which appeared to be altered.
Police also found two laptop computers, a printer, an in-car DVD player, several packages, a prescription bottle and a Ross store identification badge, according to the affidavit. Both the prescription bottle and the name tag had been reported stolen from a vehicle to EPD.
Williams was arrested on a complaint of possession of stolen property and asked again for her name. She again told police her name was Tammy Lucas.
Police searched her purse and found an Oklahoma driver’s license belonging to Tammy Lucas, which was reported stolen to EPD, according to the affidavit. Police also found a Visa credit card reported stolen to EPD belonging to another woman.
Police also found two Sears Mastercard card and three Texas driver’s license all were reported stolen in Amarillo.
Niles reviewed the videotape in his car after the two had been placed in the back seat, according to the affidavit. On it, Carver and Williams talked about what stolen property could be found in the truck, as well as the fact the truck was stolen, according to the affidavit.
Waukomis police determined bogus checks had been written at stores in Enid, Kingfisher and Amarillo, according to the affidavit.
On Tuesday, Niles was called by staff members at Garfield County Detention Facility saying they had a positive identification on Williams after running her fingerprints through the Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems. At the time of her booking, Williams had signed the booking report and fingerprint card as Crystal Dawn Bates.
Carver and Williams could face a fine of $500 to $5,000, imprisonment for one to five years or both on the charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle.
Carver could face up to five years, a fine of up to $500 or both on each of the 13 counts of knowingly concealing stolen property.
Williams, with three prior felony convictions in Potter County, Texas, for forgery of a financial instrument and two convictions for credit/debit card abuse, faces four years to life in prison for each of her stolen property charges.
She also faces up to a year in prison and/or a fine of up to $500 for the misdemeanor obstruction charge.
Special District Judge J. Bruce Harvey raised bonds of each defendant from $50,000 to $75,000 at the request of the state.
Carver and Williams have been ordered to appear in court again May 11 for a bond appearance.
