CASPER, Wyo. — A man who fled from Natrona County probation in February was apprehended last weekend after Casper police say they discovered him hiding under a blanket in a vehicle containing an alleged 6.2 grams of presumptive-positive methamphetamine.
He also had a warrant for allegedly stealing a Gillette woman’s “dream car” and leaving her at an east-side Walgreens in March.
Dylan Ray Weaver, 28, was charged with felony possession of methamphetamine and interfering with a peace officer in circuit court on Monday.
He also admitted to fleeing from probation in February following his conviction for a third-in-10-years domestic battery charge in June 2024. He was sentenced to six months in jail following the revocation.
Weaver appeared in court on Friday, charged with grand theft.
On March 10, Casper police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle from a Gillette woman who claimed Weaver had taken her car and abandoned it at Walgreens.
According to the affidavit, the woman from Gillette met Weaver on a dating app three days before and had an informal relationship.
She said she agreed to drive him to Casper in her newly purchased Subaru Impreza so he could “get the keys to his other vehicle,” according to the report.
When she arrived in Casper on March 10, she reported that Weaver went into the Wyoming National Apartments alone and spent a significant amount of time there.
She said she then drove him to Walgreens around 8 a.m. and went inside for about 15 minutes, leaving Weaver alone in her car. When she returned, Weaver and the vehicle had vanished, she claimed.
She said she called Weaver and he said he had left to “spend time with his ‘home girl,'” she reported. Over the next five hours, she called him several times; he responded once, saying he would stop by to pick her up in 20 minutes, but he never showed up, she said.
The warrant for the theft was issued on March 11.
On Saturday, August 2, officers pulled over another vehicle with an expired registration. Casper police say Weaver was hiding under a blanket in the backseat without a seatbelt, so they asked him to identify himself. He reportedly used a false name, but they recognized him and were aware of his warrant, according to the report.
Weaver is presumed innocent unless proven guilty or admits to theft and possession of methamphetamines. On Monday, Weaver told the court that he had recently spent time in Sheridan and Gillette.
On March 10, he expressed confusion over the charge of alleged felony theft. When Judge Kevin Taheri read the victim’s name, he admitted he had no idea who she was.
