The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old TYLER ANSON WAYMAN (pictured).
On June 29, 2024, Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office Lt. J. Hutton, received information from WAYMAN’s ex-girlfriend, whom I will refer to as Ms. T., about wanting to report an animal abuse incident that happened in March, so Lt. Hutton met with her.
Ms. T. recounted the facts prior to the incident and said that on March 20, 2024, she and WAYMAN had gone to the lake in the Toppers Area and she brought her dog along. The report obtained by Voice For Us identified the dog as Rebel. The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office tells me that Rebel is 5 years old.
Ms. T. explained to Lt. Hutton that she had taught Rebel how to open water bottles and while in the truck, Rebel opened one and dropped some water in the back seat.
WAYMAN and Ms. T. got into an argument and according to her, he was “intoxicated” and when she told him that she wanted to break up with him, he became really angry, told her to get out of the vehicle and “roughly” dragged Rebel out of the vehicle.
At that point, WAYMAN tied Rebel’s leash to the tailgate of the truck, got back in the vehicle and began to drive with Rebel tied up. Ms. T. believed Rebel was dragged for about 50 yards. As Rebel was being dragged, Ms. T. chased WAYMAN and yelled at him that Rebel was being pulled so WAYMAN stopped the truck and Ms. T. was able to check on Rebel’s condition.
Rebel had blood on her paws, was whining and limping and could not hold herself up.
According to the report, WAYMAN said: “I am gonna get in so much trouble, your mom is gonna kill me.” He also said: “Just say we forgot about her or just say she jumped out of the truck or something.”
WAYMAN then told Ms. T. to get back in the truck and he would check on Rebel. Instead, after she got into the vehicle, he got into it too, and again, he drove with Rebel still tied to the tailgate. At that point, Ms. T. reached over WAYMAN and “forced the truck into the park position, stopping the vehicle”, said the sheriff’s office.
That upset WAYMAN who then told Ms. T. that she would “pay for it.”
After Ms. T. repeated that she wanted to break up, WAYMAN drove the truck for about thirty seconds before stopping.
Ms. T. called some relatives and they took Rebel to Pryor Veterinary Hospital South in Wagoner. WAYMAN went along and Ms. T. lied about what happened to Rebel because WAYMAN had asked her to and she was afraid of what he might do if she told the truth. So, Ms. T. told the vet that Rebel had jumped out of the truck.
The vet told Ms. T. that Rebel’s injuries were more consistent with being dragged due to the “road burns.”
When Lt. Hutton asked Ms. T. why she waited so long to report the abuse, she answered that she feared any retribution. At that point, Lt. Hutton reached out to a Wagoner County Investigator for assistance.
The investigator went to the location where the incident took place, took photographs, and measurements of the area. As reported in the press release by the sheriff’s office, “It was determined by an Investigator that the dog had been dragged a significant distance before being untied and put back into the vehicle.”
Following these findings, an arrest warrant was filed with the Wagoner County District Attorney’s Office against WAYMAN for felony cruelty to animals which was issued on July 23, 2024.
WAYMAN turned himself into the Wagoner County Detention Center on August 6, 2024, and was released after posting a $10,000 bond.
Court records show that WAYMAN will be arraigned on September 25, 2024, at 10:30 a.m.
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WAYMAN’s mugshot shared from the Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office
