Prison bars with keys
By Patti Weaver
(Cushing, Okla.) — A Cushing woman, who has been in jail since her arrest six months ago, has been sentenced to five years in prison for kicking Cushing Police Officer Sara Reynolds in the face on March 7 — while she was on probation for attacking a corrections officer in 2016.
Danielle Jane Milligan-Hopkins, 38, pleaded guilty Tuesday to District Judge Phillip Corley, who also revoked the balance of the probation she received in 2017 for the 2016 assault and battery on an officer.
Two Cushing police officers had been sent at 2:06 pm on March 7 to a house in the 1000 block of E. Maple Street regarding a domestic disturbance, court records show.
While speaking to one of the four member of the Hopkins family at the house, Cushing Police Officer Kurt McKean heard Officer Reynolds “yell ‘hey’ at Danielle,” his affidavit said.
“Once Danielle was in handcuffs, Officer Reynolds advised me she observed her assault,” a male member of the family, McKean alleged in his affidavit.
“Danielle then began threatening to kill (that family member) and began to threaten to attack Officer Reynolds and I,” McKean alleged in his affidavit.
“While still securing Danielle in handcuffs, I observed her slightly turn around and kick Officer Reynolds in the chin,” McKean wrote in his affidavit.
“After observing this, I took control of Danielle and escorted her to Officer Reynolds’ police vehicle. Danielle continued to threaten Officer Reynolds and I with physical harm,” McKean alleged in his affidavit.
“Once we arrived at the city jail, Danielle refused to exit Officer Reynolds’ police vehicle. Danielle told me when she exited the car, she was going to come out swinging, and also that she would headbutt me and beat me to death,” McKean alleged in his affidavit.
“I tried to talk Danielle into exiting the vehicle for a few minutes before having to forcefully remove her and walk her into the jail,” McKean alleged in his affidavit.
“In order to mitigate the risk of further physical altercation with Danielle, Communications Officer Terrill advised me to place Danielle into the mental health cell until she was calmed down. Per standard jail procedure, I knew Danielle’s jewelry and shoes would have to be removed before she could be placed into a jail cell.
“I attempted to talk Danielle into letting me remove her jewelry and shoes for a few minutes before I safely attempted to remove them. Danielle pulled her head away from me and continued to resist,” McKean alleged in his affidavit.
“Danielle was ultimately walked back into the mental health cell where the floor was padded, which would mitigate the risk of injury if Officer Reynolds and I were to remove Danielle’s jewelry and shoes by force, as she was continuing to prove combative and not listening to my directions.
“Once in the mental health cell, Danielle again kicked Officer Reynolds in the chin. At that point, I took Danielle down to the ground in the safest way possible. Once Danielle’s body made contact with the ground, she advised officers she was giving up and allowed me to remove her jewelry and shoes without further attempts to resist,” McKean alleged in his affidavit.
Four months before that attack, Milligan-Hopkins had pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing another Cushing police officer in 2020, for which she was given a 60-day jail term with credit for time served, court records show.
Four years ago Milligan-Hopkins had been convicted of assault and battery on a corrections officer, for which she was given a six-month jail term followed by four and one-half years of probation that was revoked last November to a concurrent 60-day jail term with credit for time served, court records show.
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