Jimmy Lee Neely, Jr.
(file photo)
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A homeless ex-convict, who previously lived in Cushing, was arraigned Wednesday on a felony charge accusing him of hitting an emergency medical care provider in the face with his hand on Oct. 10.
Jimmy Lee Neely Jr., 40, remains jailed on $10,000 bail pending a Nov. 1 court appearance with an attorney on an assault and battery on a medical care provider charge punishable by up to two years in prison and a $1,000 fine on conviction, court records show.
Stillwater Police Officer Roland Gee was sent at 8:09 pm on Oct. 10 to Grand Mental Health in the Cimarron Plaza on a report that Neely had assaulted a staff member, his affidavit alleged.
“Upon arrival, I saw Neely was out of his wheelchair and lying on the ground. He had several Grand Mental Health staff with him, and I saw one staff member standing above him,” while holding Neely’s hand and consoling him, the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“I saw Neely appeared to be intoxicated and was not making much sense when he was speaking to staff members.
“I was informed by Grand Mental Health that Neely had a pill bottle in one hand and told staff he was going to take all the medication. I was told they placed Neely in emergency detention because he was going to try and kill himself with the medication.
“They stated they called LifeNet because they were unsure if he took the medication. LifeNet arrived and later transported Neely to SMC emergency room,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
A staff member said “when Neeley arrived in his wheelchair, he had a bottle of alcohol in one hand and a bottle of pills in the other. (She) stated Neeley had the pill bottle in his hand and was trying to empty it in his mouth. She stated she was trying to get the pill bottle away from him, and Neely was punching and slapping at her trying — telling (her) to get away from him.
“She said when Neely was swinging at her, he fell forward out of his wheelchair on the ground. She said when she was trying to get the pill bottle from Neely, he struck her left arm and the left side of her head,” the affidavit alleged.
She said, “she did not have any marks or injury,” — adding “Neely is not very strong, but he should not be trying to hit people,” the affidavit alleged.
Six months earlier, Neely had been charged with attacking another female emergency medical care provider at the same mental health facility in Stillwater on April 11, court records show.
According to court records, in that case Neely’s original felony charge of assault and battery on a medical care provider was reduced to a misdemeanor, to which he pleaded guilty and received a 90-day jail term with credit for time served.
According to the state Department of Corrections, Neely had previously been convicted of:
* methamphetamine possession in Perry in Noble County in 2016 for which he was given a seven-year prison term, but served less than three years before being released in June of 2019;
* harboring a fugitive in both Okfuskee County and Kay County in 2008 for which he was given in 2009 concurrent 10-year prison terms but only served about seven years before being released in October of 2016;
* car theft and second-degree burglary in Noble County in 2004 for which he was given in 2005 concurrent nine-year prison terms but only served about seven and one-half years before being released in January of 2013;
* bogus check in Payne County in 2004 for which he was given a seven-year prison term but served only five years and three months before being released in January of 2010;
* assault and battery on a police officer in Payne County in 2004 for which he was given a five-year prison term but only served three and one-half years before being released in March of 2008;
* prisoner placing body fluid on a government employee in Payne County in 2004 for which he was given a two-year prison term of which he served one year and nine months before being released in July of 2006;
* eluding a police officer in Payne County in 2004 for which he was given a one-year jail term that he served before being released in October of 2005;
* car theft and second-degree burglary in Payne County in 2002 for which he was given in 2004 concurrent five-year prison terms but only served three and one-half years before being released in March of 2008.
