By: Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Cushing man accused of breaking into his brother’s house in Stillwater with the intent to commit malicious injury to property.
Due to his criminal record, Charles Levi Butler, 39, of Stillwater, could be given a prison term of 14 years to life if convicted of first-degree burglary.
His girlfriend, Phammie Bluebird, 42, of Stillwater, who previously lived in Cushing, has been charged with first-degree burglary with the intent to commit assault and battery on April 28.
Bluebird was arrested and jailed on April 29 on $2,000 bail on a 2020 domestic violence charge, court records show. She has been scheduled to appear in court on that misdemeanor charge and also the felony burglary charge on Thursday, court records show.
Stillwater Police Officer Chance Whiteley wrote in an affidavit that at 2:17 pm on April 28 he was sent to Butler’s brother’s house in Stillwater.
Butler’s brother said that he “was working at the rear of the house when he heard a commotion. He came to the front room to see that Charles had made entry into the house, uninvited. He (Charles Butler) began tearing up items in (his brother’s) bedroom. A female that was with Charles then assaulted (his brother’s) girlfriend,” the affidavit alleged.
When Butler’s brother said that he was calling the police, “they both quickly left and drove away in a brown car,” the affidavit alleged.
In another affidavit, the Stillwater officer alleged, “During that incident, Charles’ girlfriend, Phammie Bluebird assaulted,” a woman she was screaming at to “come outside.”
The woman “eventually walked outside in hopes that Phammie and Charles would also exit. As soon as (she) exited, Phammie began punching her in the face with her fists,” the affidavit alleged.
The woman “had an area above her right eye (approximately 1×1″) that was swollen. The right side of her face was red,” the affidavit alleged.
According to Payne County court records and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Charles Butler had been released from prison in August of 2014 after serving about 10 months for:
* assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Cushing in 2012 for which he was given a 10-year sentence with the balance suspended on completion of the Bill Johnson Drug Offender Work Camp;
* assault and battery on a Payne County sheriff’s deputy in 2009 for which he was given in 2012 a concurrent five-year sentence with the balance suspended on completion of the Bill Johnson Drug Offender Work Camp.
Charles Butler had also been convicted of domestic abuse in 2009 for which he was given a 60-day term in the Payne County Jail followed by 10 months of probation, court records show.
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