Billy Wayne James
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Cushing man has been placed on five years’ probation with 60 days in jail for punching a male relative, who received a fractured nose and concussion, Payne County Court Clerk Lori Allen told KUSH.
Billy Wayne James, 28, who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery, was also fined $250 at his sentencing on April 8 by District Judge Phillip Corley, the court clerk said.
James had been arrested at 9:10 pm on May 10, 2021, in the 700 block of E. Main Street in Cushing, an affidavit said.
Cushing Police Officer Kyle Wright had been sent about eight hours earlier to the 800 block of E. Maple Street in Cushing on an assault report, his affidavit said.
A female relative of James said that he “came through the door of her sister’s residence, punched her husband in the face, and then took off on foot east down the alley,” the affidavit said.
“We were unable to locate James at that time,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
When the officer saw the victim at the Cushing hospital, he “had blood on his face and an open wound on his left eyebrow that was bleeding,” the affidavit said.
The victim said he was getting water at a relative’s house when “Billy James came through the door and punched him in the face, then laughed at him and took off down the alley,” the affidavit said.
When the officer got James out of his holding cell the next morning to get his side of the story, “James stated that he did not really have anything to say at this time,” the affidavit said.
The victim said, “the hospital told him that he had a mild concussion, as well as a fractured nose,” the affidavit said.
The victim said, “he believed James would try to kill him,” so the officer contacted a domestic violence hotline, the affidavit said.
