By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A 21-year-old Drumright man, who was driving a Dodge Charger, has been charged with pointing a Glock pistol at a female front seat passenger in a Honda Odyssey at 3rd and Perkins Road in Stillwater at 8 am on Oct. 17.
Bradyn Cain Patterson was released from jail the next day on $5,000 bail on the condition that he not possess a firearm, court records show. Patterson was ordered to appear in court on Nov. 16 with an attorney on a charge of feloniously pointing a firearm.
If convicted of the gun charge, Patterson could be imprisoned for one to 10 years and fined as much as $10,000, court records show.
Stillwater Police Officer Chase Mobus had been dispatched to 6th and Perkins Road regarding someone in a black Dodge Charger pointing a firearm at someone in another vehicle, according to his affidavit.
Mobus and another Stillwater officer “were in route when we were advised that a Payne County Sheriff’s Office deputy was out with the vehicle at 6th and Drury. Officer Johnsonbaugh responded to the suspect vehicle,” with additional officers, Mobus wrote in his affidavit.
“I contacted the victim vehicle,” which was driven by a man, who had two passengers, one in the front and another in the back, Mobus wrote in his affidavit.
The front seat passenger said, “she was the one who saw the gun,” the affidavit alleged.
“She told me that it looked like a ‘cop gun.’ I showed her part of my duty-issued pistol and asked if it looked like this at all. She immediately said yes,” Mobus alleged in his affidavit.
“I advised Master Patrol Officer Rivas of this, and he advised that he found the gun, which was in fact a Glock pistol,” Mobus alleged in his affidavit.
She said that they were traveling south on Perkins Road, the affidavit said.
“She said that they were in the left lane and attempted to merge right. She said that the Dodge Charger would not let them over and cut them and another vehicle off,” the affidavit alleged.
The driver said “he flipped off the person, later identified as Bradyn Patterson, who was driving the Charger. After they came to 3rd and Perkins Rd., there are cones, which cause everyone to merge left.
“Once both vehicles passed this area, Bradyn drove beside them and waved a gun in her direction. I asked if the gun had been pointed at her. She said yes and he appeared very angry,” the officer alleged in his affidavit. She said that the gun had been pointed at both her and the driver, who said he did not see the gun, the affidavit alleged.
Two other officers, who spoke to the defendant, said, “Bradyn denied pointing a firearm at the victims. I was advised that he stated that the reason that someone would say that he did that was because ‘a lot of people don’t like him.’ I was informed that Brayden was not compliant and had to be removed from the vehicle,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“We did a drive-by of the suspect and (the female front seat passenger) confirmed that it was Bradyn. I asked her if she was sure. She said yes without hesitation,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“I went to the SPD jail where Bradyn was being processed. I asked Bradyn various personal questions in an attempt to build rapport. He said that he lives in Drumright, Ok. He told me he has a fiancee, a house, and a new car. He told me that he works at Ditch Witch in Perry, Ok. Bradyn stated that he had been up since 8 pm on Oct. 16. Bradyn did appear very tired and irritable,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“I told Bradyn that I merely wanted the truth and that I was not a prosecutor. I asked Bradyn to walk me through what happened. He stated that he didn’t know because he thought he got pulled over for failure to signal his lane change.
“I asked him how someone would be able to tell me what his gun looked like and give us his tag number if nothing happened. He said he didn’t know and that a lot of people know him. I told him that the victim didn’t know him personally at all.
“Bradyn was beginning to appear agitated by crossing his arms and huffing. I told him that I knew what it was like to be on a midnight schedule. I told him that I get very irritable when I work nights too.
“I asked him if maybe he got upset and something happened involving the gun. He said no. I asked him if he pulled the gun out at all. He said no and that he didn’t point a gun at anyone. He said that he wanted a lawyer. I discontinued questioning him immediately,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
