(Stillwater, Okla.) – A Cushing man has been ordered to appear in court on Jan. 27 on a felony charge of illegally using a company credit card during his employment by Texas-based Brush Eaters Inc. and after his termination.
Joshua Clifford Massey, 23, who was arrested on Dec. 8 and freed on $5,000 bond, could be imprisoned for three years and fined $3,000 if convicted, court records show.
His former employer filed a restitution recovery form seeking a total of $5,207.29, including a loss of $3,662.29 and attorney’s fees of $1,545, court records show.
Cushing Police Officer Rachel Hentges wrote in an affidavit that Brush Eaters Inc. reported an alleged embezzlement on May 9 by Massey, who had been terminated on May 1, but was still in possession of a company credit card.
The company representative said that since his termination, “Massey had charged several thousands of dollars to the company credit card,” the affidavit alleged.
“The majority of the charges were made at Walmart in Cushing,” the affidavit alleged.
When the Cushing officer watched surveillance from three transactions at the Walmart on May 2, May 3, and May 4, “The video showed a large male matching Massey’s description from his driver’s license and the picture of his driver’s license,” the affidavit alleged.
The officer also contacted Kings Gun in Cushing for a credit card receipt which showed “Massey purchased a firearm and ammunition,” for $445.49 on May 2, the affidavit alleged.
“On May 23, 2014, Officer Chris Haywood told me Massey had contacted the police department to speak with me,” Hentges wrote in her affidavit. “Officer Haywood stated Massey said he had purchased a gun from Kings Gun with a company credit card from Brush Eaters Inc.
“Massey told Officer Haywood he purchased the gun prior to his termination from the company.
“Massey told Officer Haywood he had not received a paycheck from the company and bought the gun using the credit card as retaliation,” the affidavit alleged.
When Massey talked to Hentges, he said he quit on May 6 “due to an issue regarding one of the company trucks,” the affidavit said.
“Massey also mentioned that he had not been compensated for his work,” the affidavit alleged.
“Massey admitted he purchased a firearm from Kings Gun with the company credit card,” the affidavit alleged. “When confronted with receipts for products and video of Massey making other purchases, Massey admitted he had used the Brush Eaters Inc. company credit card to make purchases at Kings Gun, Walmart, and Atwoods in Cushing,” that were not authorized by the company, Hentges alleged in her affidavit. In a separate charge, Massey has been ordered to appear in court on Jan. 12 on a misdemeanor count of punching a neighbor in the face on April 16, court records show. Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Bobby Miller wrote in an affidavit that at 9:18 p.m. on April 16, he was sent to the Cushing hospital’s emergency room to talk to an assault victim who had swelling on his left eye and high cheek area, the affidavit said.
The victim said “he and three other friends were on his (own) property shooting tannerit,” south of 68th on Mt. Vernon Road on the river, the affidavit said. “He advised the neighbor, Josh Massey, and two or three others came over and were yelling and cursing at them.
“He said after they calmed down, they started walking away and then Josh turned around and walked back up to him, and he advised he didn’t remember much after that,” the affidavit said. One adult and two juveniles told the deputy that Massey walked up to the victim and hit him 15 to 20 times, the affidavit alleged.
Massey admitted “he lost his temper,” and hit the man, the affidavit alleged. Massey said “he was upset about the explosions that the tannerit made,” the affidavit alleged.
If convicted of the misdemeanor assault and battery charge, Massey could be jailed for 90 days and fined $1,000, court records show.
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