(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Cushing man accused of forcibly breaking open the front door of a neighbor’s house with intent to commit assault and battery has been ordered to appear in court with an attorney on Feb. 7 for arraignment on a first-degree burglary charge.
Darrell Allen Rogers, 31, who remains free on $20,000 bond, could be imprisoned for seven to 20 years and fined $10,000 if convicted, court records show.
Rogers was arrested at 2:10 p.m. on Dec. 28, 2018, after his neighbor reported that he was knocking on her door and she wanted him to leave her property, Cushing Police Sgt. Carson Watts wrote in an affidavit.
“I then saw Darrell step back on the porch and thrust his body forward striking the door with his shoulder forcing it open and enter the house.
“I ran up to the house where I heard Darrell arguing with two women inside the house. I approached the door Darrell had opened and made contact with him and ordered him to exit the house,” the Cushing police sergeant alleged in his affidavit.
The neighbor’s door frame “had been broken away from the wall and was damaged to where it would no longer be able to lock,” the affidavit alleged.
The neighbor said that Rogers’ wife “had run to her house with their two daughters because Darrell had been ‘terrorizing’ his family all day,” the affidavit alleged.
The neighbor said “she allowed them inside to give them a safe place to be,” the affidavit alleged.
The neighbor said Rogers “kicked in her door saying ‘he was gonna kill us all,"” the affidavit alleged.
Rogers’ wife did not want to pursue charges on him or complete a written statement, the affidavit alleged.
Asked what Rogers said when he broke the neighbor’s door and entered her house, “she told me that he threatened to kill them,” the Cushing police sergeant alleged in his affidavit.
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