By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A 64-year-old Cushing man on probation for domestic assault and battery with a dangerous weapon has been ordered to appear in court on Dec. 16 on a charge of ramming a truck while his wife was driving it in the parking lot of the First United Methodist Church in Cushing.
Terry Gene Day was released on $50,000 bail and could be given a prison term of 10 years to life if convicted again of domestic assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, court records show.
Day was arrested at 7:31 pm on Oct. 13 by Cushing Police Officer Jason Beal, who was sent to the area of 9th St. and Little Ave. regarding a Dodge truck and a Ford truck driving recklessly and running vehicles off the road, according to his affidavit.
“While in route, communications advised both vehicles were stopped at the First United Methodist Church, 930 S. Little Ave., and a physical altercation was in progress,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
Day told the officer that his wife “had attempted to drive off with his black Ford 150 and (he) chased her using the blue Dodge truck. He stated he wanted to make sure she could not take his truck and had backed the Ford into the black Dodge in an attempt to pin her and the vehicle.
“Day stated he was not going to let her take his stuff when she owed him money. I asked Day if he intended to hit the truck and he stated he did,” the Cushing officer alleged in his affidavit.
In another statement, Day said that his wife had “taken our truck and she wasn’t supposed to. I paid for all the cars with my money. When I was driving home, she was driving off with the truck and wouldn’t stop. It’s not the first time. She got 10,000 dollars and took the car two weeks ago. She started backing up and I did too. I cornered her in the parking lot.”
His wife alleged, “Terry Day was gone. I have been trying to leave him for the past two days. I knew there was no way to get away without taking the truck I bought, so I packed it and left. As I proceeded to leave, he turned the truck around, and as I got out on Little Street, he rammed me from behind.
“Then I went through the store parking lot; he was chasing me and as I went through, I asked some people to call the police because I was afraid for my life. He had already said he would kill me if I left.
“When I went to go toward Walmart on 9th St., he was going beside me; I put on the brakes, backed up into the parking lot so that I wouldn’t put people in danger. He came into the parking lot and rammed into the front of the truck I was driving. (He) got out screaming at me. I couldn’t make out what he was saying.”
When the license tags were checked, “Both tags belonged to other vehicles,” the affidavit alleged.
Day’s wife was arrested for driving while her license was suspended and improper display of the vehicle plate, the affidavit alleged. Day was arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse, improper display and no insurance, the affidavit said.
Two years ago, Day had been placed on five years’ probation for domestic assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in 2019, Payne County court records show.
