Driver who crashed southwest of Cushing ordered to prison work camp

  (Stillwater, Okla.) — A driver who ran a roadblock and sped up to 116 mph in an attempt to elude a sheriff’s deputy before crashing at Highway 33 and Highway 18 southwest of Cushing was given a seven-year suspended sentence Tuesday — conditioned on his completing the Bill Johnson Drug Offender Work Camp in prison.

    Patrick Danniel Seno Jr., 39, who was listed as homeless, pleaded guilty Tuesday to both charges before Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler, court records show.

    Seno had been arrested at 11:55 pm on Jan. 26 at Highway 33 and Highway 18 south, after his vehicle rolled over, Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy David Sloan wrote in an affidavit.

    “I cleared the vehicle and did not locate anyone in the vehicle. I requested Payne County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Ryan Cooper to assist me with a K9 track for the male driver,” who was later found, Deputy Sloan wrote in his affidavit.

    About two hours earlier, the deputy had been patrolling north on Sangre Road approaching 80th Street when he saw a Toyota Camry with a defective exhaust that he began following, his affidavit said.

    During an ensuing chase on county roads that reached 116 mph, Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Bobby Miller set up spike strips east of Mehan Road that Seno attempted to avoid by leaving the road, the affidavit said.

    “The vehicle continued east, and I was able to maintain visual contact with the vehicle until just east of Ripley Road,” Deputy Sloan wrote in his affidavit.

    “Dispatch advised me there was a vehicle that was crashed out at Highway 33 and Highway 18 South. Upon my arrival, I observed the Camry on the east side of Highway 18 on the east side of the roadway, flipped on the roof,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit.

    “I later learned that Seno’s driver’s license status was revoked,” the deputy added in his affidavit.

    According to Payne County court records, Seno had been previously convicted of three felonies:

    * possession of a drug with intent to distribute in Stillwater in 2012, for which in 2014 he was placed on 10 years of probation that was revoked in 2017 to three years in prison;

    * possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction in Stillwater in 2004, for which in 2005 he was placed on seven years of probation, four months of which were revoked in 2007;

    * possession of substances with intent to manufacture methamphetamine in 2003, for which he was originally placed on 10 years of probation, four months of which were revoked in 2007.