(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Stillwater woman with a criminal record of child abuse, conspiracy to commit burglary and possession of another person’s debit card has been accused of punching a 13-year-old female relative in the face, a felony charge on which she has been ordered to appear in court on Oct. 8.
If convicted of child abuse after three prior felonies, Anthea Elizabeth Bates, 32, who has also been known as Anthea Syeedah Elizabeth West and Anthea Syeedah Lewis, could be given as much as a life prison term plus a $5,000 fine, court records show.
Bates remains free on $10,000 bond with an order to have no contact with the alleged victim, court records show.
Bates was arrested at her trailer at 3:37 a.m. on Aug. 2 by Stillwater Police Officer Tanner Galbiso, who was sent there at 1:04 a.m. with Officer Shannon Jordan, according to his affidavit.
A 13-year-old girl had called police to report that Bates “came home and began hitting her,” the affidavit alleged.
The girl said she had let Bates “go to the bar and when she came home, they got into an argument,” the affidavit alleged.
The girl stated “she said something that made Anthea upset; however, she forgot what she said,” the affidavit alleged.
The girl said “when she (Bates) got upset, she punched her in her face and pushed her up against the wall and repeatedly yelled at her saying, ‘I win, I always win,’” the affidavit alleged.
After the incident in a back bedroom, the girl said she ran to the bathroom, locked herself in and called police,” the affidavit alleged. The girl said that her younger brothers, ages 8 and 11, were inside the trailer, the affidavit alleged.
When the officer attempted to speak to Bates, “due to her level of intoxication, I could not get any information from her,” Galbiso alleged in his affidavit.
“While I read her rights, she started to walk away several times. After asking her if she understood her rights. she stated that she did.
“I then attempted to ask her what had happened again and she replied ‘it was so bad.’ When I asked to elaborate, she could not tell me. She was having extreme trouble paying attention,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
Four months earlier, Bates had been released on $2,000 bond on a charge of drunk driving in the 1500 block of W. 19 Street in Stillwater on April 4, a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine on conviction, court records show.
According to court records, Bates had previously been convicted of three felonies in Payne County:
* child abuse in 2012 in Stillwater, for which she was placed on five years’ probation in January of 2013;
* conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary in 2010, for which she was placed on five years’ probation in December 2011;
* possessing another person’s debit card in 2007, for which she was originally given a five-year deferred sentence in 2008 that was changed in December 2011 to three years of probation.
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