By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A felony domestic violence charge has been dismissed by the prosecution against Troy Gene Shackelford Jr., 40, of Stillwater, who was originally scheduled to stand trial on May 30, court records show.
In the same case, a felony charge accusing Shackelford of kidnapping his girlfriend from a Cushing residence on Sept. 12, 2021, had been dropped in January of 2022, court records show.
Due to his criminal record, Shackelford could have been given a life prison term if convicted of either count.
According to court records and the state Department of Corrections, Shackelford had previously been convicted of:
* domestic assault and battery in the presence of a minor child in Payne County as a misdemeanor in 2020 for which he was given a one-year sentence;
* possession of a sawed-off shotgun in Pottawatomie County in 2017, for which he was given a five-year prison term, but served only one year and two months before being released in February of 2020;
* assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, two counts, in Pottawatomie County in 2008, for which he was given two concurrent seven-year prison terms in 2012, but served only about two years and seven months;
* running a roadblock in Seminole County in 2009, for which he was given five years of probation in 2010.
