By KAREN BRADY
Staff Writer
An escapee from Catalyst Behavioral Services in Oklahoma City stole a car, broke into a Chickasha house and ended up in the Grady County Jail.
Michael D. Spangler, Jr., 37, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 25 after police answered a call about a burglary in the 600 block of Nevada Ave. in Chickasha.
According to police reports, the homeowner told a police dispatcher that a man had broken into her house through the utility room, but she did not know if he was still inside the house. She also told the dispatcher there was an unfamiliar car parked in front of her house.
When Chickasha Police Officer Bill Hinter arrived on scene, there was a light-colored car parked in the front of the house and the care was occupied, he noted in his report.
When Hintner made contact with the man, he noticed the man was extremely nervous. Hintner said the man told him he had seen a guy in a gray hoodie run from the woman’s house.
“The subject began yelling that the old lady was accusing him of taking her purse and that he was only trying to help,” Hintner’s report noted.
The report also stated the man’s buddy, identified only as Brandon, had chased after the man running from the house.
The man in he car wasn’t able to produce any ID, but he said his name was Jim Magill and gave a date of birth and an address and phone number.
The homeowner told police she was about to start a pot of coffee when she heard a noise in her utility room. When she went to investigate, a man opened the outside door to the utility room. He said something she didn’t understand and ran back outside.
The woman then looked outside and saw a man standing by a rock pillar. When the man saw her watching him, he told her he had seen a man run from her house. The woman told him he was the man she had seen at the door and that she was calling the police.
After the woman identified the man, police told him to put his hands behind his back so they could handcuff him. The man refused to cooperate and officers used pepper spray to subdue him, reports show.
After he was cuffed and placed in the police car, the man refused to give police his real name and said he would “get an escape charge if he wasn’t back by 0700 hours.”
While en route to the Grady County Jail, the man said his airway was closing. Hintner called dispatch to have EMS personnel meet him at the jail. The man was checked in and given the OK to stay at the jail.
Once in jail, the man gave this correct name to jail personnel, identifying himself as Michael Spangler, Jr. He also gave jailers his Department of Corrections number. He was booked into jail without further incident.
After returning to the police department, Hintner had dispatch check and learned the car Spangler had been driving was indeed registered to a James Magill.
Hintner received a phone call from Magill who told him Spangler had called him to tell him his car had been impounded. Magill also said Spangler and Brandon had come by his house earlier to visit. After they left, Magill noticed his car keys were gone. He told police he did not give anyone permission to take the car and said it had been stolen.
Spangler was charged with burglary in the first degree, falsely impersonating another, knowingly concealing stolen property and obstructing an officer.Escapee
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