(Stillwater, Okla.) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a woman who is accused of leaving three of her children, ages 1, 2 and 11, in their Cushing home without adult supervision for 22 consecutive hours.
If convicted of child neglect, Stacy Ann Dimas-Olson, 34, who had recently moved to Cushing from Stillwater, could be given a life prison term, according to the felony charge filed last week.
The alleged incident came to light when a man who was a neighbor of the family when they lived in Stillwater told police that some children had been left alone at a house in Cushing, court records show.
The former neighbor said that he had received several calls from the 11-year-old member of the family since about 2 p.m. on June 26, according to an affidavit by Cushing Police Officer Jerrod Livergood.
The former neighbor said that the 11-year-old boy “told him that his mom, later to be identified as Stacy Dimas-Olson, went to Walmart on June 25, 2010, at about 9 p.m. and has not returned,” the affidavit alleged.
The former neighbor told Cushing police that the 11-year-old said he was watching his two younger sisters, age 1 and 2, the affidavit said.
While officers were trying to locate the residence where the children were staying alone, their grandfather called Cushing police to report that he had received a call from the 11-year-old and was on his way to the 1200 block on E. Cherry Street where the children were, the affidavit said.
When the grandfather arrived about 8:30 p.m. June 26, police escorted him to the Cushing residence where the 11-year-old boy and his two younger sisters were home alone, the affidavit alleged.
The grandfather accepted temporary custody of the children and said he would take them to his house in Kellyville for the time being, the affidavit said.
“Stacy Dimas-Olson was registered as a missing person in NCIC. An attempt to locate message was sent out to all surrounding agencies,” the affidavit said.
She had last been seen leaving her residence about 9 p.m. June 25 with her 7-year-old daughter in a white older-model pickup with a flatbed and “Dimas Construction” written on both doors, the affidavit said.
Two days later at about 2 p.m., Dimas-Olson was located by Cushing Police Sgt. Chuck Claxton in the 900 block of E. Main Street in the vehicle with her 7-year-old daughter, the affidavit said.
Dimas-Olson was removed from the missing persons’ database due to the fact that she and her daughter were located, the affidavit said.
The children’s mother told Officer Livergood that at about 10 p.m. on June 25, she decided to go to Walmart to get food, left her Cushing residence and decided to go to Stillwater to pick up one of her daughter’s friends and to go shopping, the affidavit said.
“Stacy said that while she was on her way to Stillwater, her truck started to overheat causing her to pull over on the highway to let the engine cool off.
“Stacy said that she eventually made it to the gas station where she used a pay phone to call her friend that she only knows as ‘Paul’ to come assist with the vehicle.
“Stacy said that she eventually was able to make it to Paul’s house,” where she spent the night, the affidavit said.
“When asked why Stacy did not call her children after the truck broke down, she replied that her phone that she left at home was out of minutes.
“Stacy said that it was a prepaid cell phone, although I found that (the 11-year-old boy) was able to make calls throughout the day to his grandfather,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“Stacy said that while she was in Stillwater on June 26 at about 5 p.m. she replaced the radiator and radiator hoses with used parts at Paul’s residence. Stacy said that after she fixed the truck, she bought groceries and returned home to find a note that the children had gone to their grandpa’s residence,” the affidavit said.
The children were at home without adult supervision from about 10 p.m. June 25 until about 8:30 p.m. June 26 when their grandfather and police contacted them, the affidavit alleged.
On June 27 at 4 p.m., Dimas-Olson released her 7-year-old daughter to the grandfather at the Cushing police station, the affidavit said.
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