A 62-year-old Evanston man out of jail on bond faces more charges in Evanston Circuit Court after police say he posted on social media that he was going to shoot and kill a husband and wife who live next door.
The couple has a protection order against the suspect, Robert W. Vawdrey, over a property dispute. Authorities say he threatened to shoot the neighbor’s propane truck that he drives.
Vawdrey had his initial appearance in court on Tuesday and faces two counts of intimidating a witnesses, both felonies, and two counts of violation of a stalking order of protection.
Court records show the FBI National Threat Center contacted the Uinta County Sheriff’s Office about an expletive-filled video that was brought to their attention where Vawdrey leans into his camera with a cowboy hat on and then names the wife of the couple next door and says, “I will (expletive) shoot you in the head, I’m going to. I’m going to (expletive) shoot you.
“I hope you (names his neighbors) are watching this, and the neighborhood, and the sheriff’s department all of ‘em, everybody. You think you are going to come into my house and take my (expletive) property … I will (expletive) shoot you.”
In the video, which is still online, Vawdrey also promises to be on his porch later in the month and shoot the wife as she drives by, stating that it will be on TV.
On Jan. 31, two deputies from the Uinta County Sheriff’s Office went to Vawdrey’s property on County Road 283 and made contact with Vawdrey by phone.
He came out of the house and was searched for weapons. A gray metal hollow-point slug that fit a .50-caliber air rifle that deputies knew he had used in the past was in his pocket.
During transport, Vawdrey told the deputies that the sheriff’s office was helping his neighbors take his property, the affidavit states.
“He immediately began telling me that if he went to prison, he would get out and hunt everyone down,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit. “He would come into their house and beat them to death and everybody at the sheriff’s department also.”
Previous Court Encounters
Court records show that Vawdrey was out on bond for a charge of stalking and reckless endangerment out of Uinta County District Court and on bond for a probation revocation for another three counts of stalking that he pleaded nolo contendere to on Sept. 11, 2025. He was given six months’ probation in that case.
Bond conditions prohibit Vawdrey from violating any law.
In addition to his other threats, Vawdrey charged that the neighbors have “six cameras” on his house and that as soon as he leaves his home the police are after him.
He alleged his neighbors have obtained an attorney to take his property.
“I’ve got these (expletive) neighbors that want my (expletive) property and they’ve already changed my property line, and I have to go to court again,” he said. “And the reason that I am going to shoot them in the head is so everybody won’t have to go through this again.”
Vawdrey charged that because his neighbors knew he had a pellet gun they shot a hole in their freezer so they could “frame him.”
He then told those watching his video that even though his neighbors were “winning” and had taken his guns, he would get another one, and would break down the door of the neighbor’s house, shoot them, and beat them to death “so the whole country can (expletive) see what is going on in our (expletive) country.”
He also vowed to shoot the propane truck that the husband drives down the road.
“I see that truck drive down the road, I am going to (expletive) blow it up,” he said. “It’s a bomb.”
In addition to his history in Uinta County courts, federal court records show that Vawdrey was sentenced in federal district court on Aug. 22, 2016, for being a felon in possession of a firearm and sent to prison for 15 months.
Both charges of intimidating a witness carry penalties of up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. The violation of stalking order of protection charges carry penalties of up to six months in jail and a $750 fine.
Vawdrey remains in the Uinta County jail.
Dale Killingbeck can be reached at dale@cowboystatedaily.com.
