Andrew Driskell
(PCSD file photo)
By Patti Weaver
STILLWATER — A 34-year-old Tulsa man, who was a passenger in a car during a Cushing traffic stop, has been charged with possessing an imitation firearm described as a BB gun pistol appearing to be a functioning firearm, while he was on probation for domestic assault with a dangerous weapon in Tulsa County.
Andrew Driskell was ordered jailed on $5,000 bond pending his arraignment this week on a Payne County charge of possessing a firearm on felony probation, which carries up to 10 years in prison on conviction.
Driskell was arrested at 3:48 am on Aug. 7 in the 700 block of N. Little in Cushing while he was a passenger in a traffic stop on a car in which the brake lights did not illuminate as it slowed to a stop, Cushing Police Officer Jonathan Walker alleged in an affidavit filed with the charge last week.
“I requested Officer Smith come to the stop and perform a free air sniff of the vehicle using K9 Blitz while I actively continued my stop. As Officer Smith had Driskell exit the vehicle, I observed Officer Smith retrieve a black BB pistol from Driskell’s person.
“While I was completing a written warning for the (driver) and actively conducting my stop, Officer Smith advised that K9 Blitz had alerted to the vehicle,” from which nothing was found during a search, Officer Walker alleged in his affidavit.
“Communications advised that Driskell had a valid warrant through Tulsa County. Driskell had previously pleaded guilty to a felony for domestic assault or assault and battery with a dangerous weapon,” according to the affidavit.
Tulsa County court records show that on May 16, 2024, Driskell was placed on four years of probation under a deferred sentence with an order to complete a batterers’ intervention program and have no contact with his victim. On July 23, 2025, a Tulsa County judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest for allegedly violating his probation, court records show.
