(Stillwater, Okla.) – A Cushing man accused of assaulting his girlfriend, who is seven months’ pregnant with his child, and abusing her 2-year-old son has been jailed on $8,500 total bail pending a Sept. 14 court appearance on a two-count charge.
As a result of an incident four months earlier, Christopher Joseph Ray Hockemeyer, 26, had been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after he allegedly stabbed himself, court records show.
In his domestic violence case, Hockemeyer was arrested in the 800 block of E. Maple Street on July 30 by Cushing Police Officer Rachel Hentges.
His girlfriend said that he spanked her 2-year-old son “extremely hard and they had an altercation when she intervened,” the officer alleged in her affidavit.
She said she was upstairs in the bathroom when she heard the 2-year-old “screaming, crying and calling for her,” the affidavit alleged.
She said that when she came out of the bathroom, the boy “was up against the wall in the bedroom with his arms behind his back as Hockemeyer struck him,” the affidavit alleged.
She said that Hockemeyer spanked him so hard that it caused him to defecate on himself, the affidavit alleged.
She believed she saw blood on the boy’s buttocks which scared her and she told Hockemeyer to stop, the affidavit alleged.
She said that Hockemeyer tried to leave the residence with another child, their 1-year-old son, and that when she tried to pick him up, Hockemeyer pushed her out of the way, the affidavit alleged.
She said her stomach hurt because she was seven-months pregnant and denied that Hockemeyer pushed her in the stomach, “but stated he pushed her upper body very forcefully and knocked her backward several times,” the affidavit alleged.
She said “during the altercation, Hockemeyer punched the wall in the residence several times,” with their 1-year-old in his arms, and when he did that, the 1-year-old boy’s head hit the wall, the affidavit alleged.
She took both boys to the Cushing hospital, where the officer saw that the 2-year-old “had bruises on both side of his buttocks, extending down the back of both legs,” as well as a linear line across his right lower back, the affidavit alleged.
The 2-year-old “also had bruising on his lower right jaw and the left side of his neck,” that appeared consistent with Hockemeyer holding his neck to keep his face against the wall, the affidavit alleged.
When Hockemeyer was interviewed, he said “he spanked him because he had left the refrigerator open and spilled a container of nails on the floor,” the affidavit alleged. Hockemeyer said he spanked his girlfriend’s 2-year-old a total of four times, the affidavit alleged.
“Hockemeyer admitted that he used too much force and spanked (him) too hard,” the affidavit alleged.
“Hockemeyer told me when he becomes angry, he does not know how to control his temper,” the officer alleged in her affidavit.
“I asked Hockemeyer why he thought it was appropriate to forcefully push his pregnant girlfriend and knock her backwards,” the officer wrote in her affidavit.
“Hockemeyer then told me that he pushed (his girlfriend) because she had been hitting him in the head and neck. Hockemeyer said he wanted her to get away from him so he could leave with his (1-year-old) son. Hockemeyer did not have any obvious physical injury on his head or neck,” the officer wrote in her affidavit.
Hockemeyer had blood on the knuckles of his right hand, the affidavit alleged.
“Hockemeyer admitted that he struck the wall inside the residence with his fist and when he did this, (his 1-year-old son’s) head hit the wall,” the affidavit alleged.
“Hockemeyer stated he had been holding (the 1-year-old) in his arm when this occurred and it was accidental,” the affidavit said.
Four months before that incident, Cushing Police Officer Jonathan Hall was sent shortly before 1 a.m. on March 7 to a park in the 900 block of E. Oak Street on a report of Hockemeyer having a stab wound and running southbound, an affidavit said.
His girlfriend had reported “Hockemeyer was very intoxicated and had stabbed himself,” the officer wrote in an affidavit.
When the officer contacted Hockemeyer in the north alley of the 500 block of E. Moses Street, he “appeared to be very intoxicated and very agitated,” the affidavit said.
“Officer Perry searched Hockemeyer for weapons and discovered a brass pipe with an elbow located in Hockemeyer’s front right pocket,” but no knife, the affidavit alleged.
Hockemeyer had two stab marks toward the center of his chest, but refused to answer any questions or be transported by ambulance staff to the hospital, the affidavit said.
When the Cushing officer took Hockemeyer to the Cushing hospital, it was determined he would need to transported to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, but Hockemeyer was too combative to be taken by medical helicopter, the affidavit said.
Hockemeyer was taken to the Tulsa hospital by Cushing ambulance staff, the affidavit said.
Hockemeyer told police that “he inflicted the injuries to himself,” because he and his girlfriend were fighting, the affidavit alleged.
“Officer Perry located the knife in the 800 block of E. Maple Street,” the affidavit said.
“The residue inside the brass pipe collected tested presumptive positive for marijuana,” the affidavit alleged.
Three years ago, Hockemeyer was charged with passing a $69 forged check that was allegedly stolen from the Stillwater residence of his girlfriend’s parents, court records show.
After that felony charge was reduced to misdemeanor obtaining property under false pretense, Hockemeyer pleaded guilty and was placed on probation for one year, court records show.
Hockemeyer was ordered to pay $69 restitution, along with a $500 fine, and a $100 contribution to the victims’ compensation fund. Hockemeyer was also ordered to perform 75 hours of community service with the environmental office, court records show.
Seven months later, Hockemeyer was found in violation of his probation and ordered to serve 10 days in jail, court records show.
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