(Stillwater, Okla.) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a Cushing woman who is accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend in the arm with a hunting knife — after reportedly asking him for money that he said he did not have.
Constance Lynn Edwards, 25, who is on probation for possessing six drugs last year, already was being sought for failing to appear in court on Oct. 10 for sentencing on another drug charge, court records show.
If convicted of her new charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon that was filed last week, Edwards could be given a 10-year prison sentence, court records show.
Cushing Police Officer Casey Perry wrote in an affidavit that he was sent to a house in the 1000 block of E. Maple Street shortly before 3 a.m. on Sept. 22 on a report of a breaking and entering that had just occurred.
Edward’s ex-boyfriend said that she “had kicked in his back door and came into his bedroom where he was lying in his bed,” the affidavit alleged.
He said “Edwards was holding a knife and asked him for some money because she needed to pay ‘some Mexicans’ or they were going to kill her,” the affidavit alleged.
He said he told Edwards “he did not have any money to give her, and she demanded that he give her his laptop and cell phone or she would start breaking things in the house,” the affidavit alleged.
He said “she went for his laptop that was sitting on his bed and they struggled briefly over the laptop,” that he said he was able to get from her, “but she started to swing the knife at him,” the affidavit alleged.
He said he was cut once on his left forearm and once on his left bicep, the affidavit alleged. “The cuts were approximately an inch long and looked more like cut marks than stab wounds,” the affidavit alleged.
“He also had a significantly large bite mark on the right side of his chest,” but refused any medical attention, the affidavit said.
He said “during the struggle, he was able to grab the blade of the knife — it broke off from the handle,” the affidavit alleged.
“At that point, Edwards started toward the back door,” the affidavit alleged.
He said “Edwards said she was going to her boyfriend’s house and come back with a gun that has nine bullets in it and kill everyone in the house, then kill herself,” the affidavit alleged.
The alleged victim said that he and Edwards have a child together, who lives with him and witnessed the entire event, the affidavit said.
About 40 minutes later, the officer — with Cushing Police Sgt. Carson Watts and Officer Michael Bruggman — arrived at a house in the 800 block of E. Oak Street to try to make contact with Edwards, the affidavit said.
“I knocked on the door and immediately could hear footsteps from inside the house. Sgt. Watts was looking into a window on the front of the house and could see someone hiding in what looked to be a closet.
“I knocked several more times without a response, but the person in the closet was peeking out every few minutes,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“After approximately 30 minutes, a male opened the door,” and was asked if Edwards was inside, but he said no, the affidavit said.
While the officer and Sgt. Watts were speaking with the male on the front porch, “Officer Bruggman, who was looking through a window, could see a blonde-haired woman in a white tank top crawl across the floor inside the house trying to remain hidden,” the affidavit said.
“Officer Bruggman could not positively identify the woman to be Constance Edwards. A short time later, officers left the scene in order to respond to another call,” the affidavit for an arrest warrant said.
A spokesman at the Payne County Jail told KUSH today that Edwards was not presently in custody.
A bench warrant had already been issued for Edwards’ arrest on Oct. 10 when she failed to appear in court for sentencing for possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in Cushing on Feb. 21 during a traffic stop, court records show.
Ten months ago, Edwards had been placed on five years’ probation except 30 days in jail for possessing methamphetamine, marijuana, hydrocodone, alprazolam, clonazepam and diazepam on Sept. 14, 2013, in Cushing, court records show.
At that time as a condition of her deferred sentence, Edwards was ordered to have a substance abuse evaluation, undergo random drug testing, perform all recommendations contained in a background report for the court, do 100 hours of community service, and pay $1,550 in fines and assessments, as well as the cost of her incarceration.
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