12/08/2025
Two individuals, Haley Dawn Dye and Slayton Lee McKinnon, were arrested in Custer County after a deputy identified their vehicle late at night, leading to an investigation into alleged copper wire and equipment theft from a wind turbine site.
The initial incident was reported on December 1 when a Public Service of Oklahoma employee reported that copper wire had been cut and removed from a wind turbine near the intersection of NS 2350 Road and EW 920 Road near Thomas. The thieves allegedly left behind tools including a pair of wire cutters, a hacksaw, a Lukas hydraulic pump jack and pieces of tan cloth. Officers placed a trail camera at the site following the report.
A second theft was reported on December 2 at the same location. The PSO employee noted that more copper wire, a 50-foot garden hose and an electric water pump had also been stolen.
Later that day, a Custer County deputy reviewed the trail camera footage, which showed a white Dodge Ram 3500 dually entering the site and leaving minutes later between approximately 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
On the night of the second theft, at approximately 9:12 p.m., the deputy observed a white Ram 3500 pull into the area. He stopped the vehicle and identified the driver, McKinnon, and the passenger, Dye.
A search of the vehicle by deputies recovered a bundle of burnt copper wire that matched the wire removed from the turbine, and a 50-foot garden hose that matched the hose reported stolen the previous night.
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