(Stillwater, Okla.) – An ex-convict, who was wounded after allegedly firing a .22-caliber rifle at a Payne County sheriff’s deputy, was formally charged Monday with shooting with intent to kill the deputy, being a felon in possession of a firearm, attempting to elude, shooting into a house in the 500 block of E. Oak in Cushing, and stalking a woman.
James Clyde Jenkins III, 42, who moved to Cushing after he was released from prison in March, reportedly remained hospitalized in Tulsa on Tuesday for the serious injuries he incurred on Nov. 17 when he was shot multiple times as the deputy returned fire. The deputy was not injured, authorities said.
Due to his criminal record, Jenkins could be given three life prison terms plus 11 years if convicted of the five-count charge filed Monday.
The incident began just after midnight on Nov. 17 when Cushing police received a call about shots being fired during a domestic disturbance, according to a news release from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.
Jenkins had stalked a woman on Nov. 16 “by engaging in unconsented contact through telephone calls followed by an uninvited appearance at her home that included breaking a window,” court documents allege.
“Payne County Sheriff’s Department deputies were in the area and assisting in the search for the suspect,” the OSBI news release said.
When a deputy located Jenkins in a vehicle and initiated a traffic stop, Jenkins failed to stop and a pursuit ensued, the OSBI news release said.
Near 9th Street and S. Schlegel Road in rural Cushing, “Jenkins stopped, pointed a firearm at the deputy and shot multiple times. The deputy returned fire and Jenkins was struck multiple times,” the OSBI news release said.
According to court records and the state Department of Corrections, Jenkins was continuously incarcerated for 18 years prior to his release on March 30 from the Dick Conner Correctional Center.
Jenkins had previously been convicted of:
* three counts of armed robbery and one count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in 1999 in Muskogee County, for which he was given in 2000 three concurrent 25-year prison terms that he discharged in November 2017 and one concurrent 10-year prison term that he finished in November 2009;
* drug possession in a penal institution in 2003 in Cleveland County, for which he was given a consecutive one-year prison term of which he served four months between November 2017 and March 2018;
* second-degree burglary in 1996 in Muskogee County, for which he was given a two-year prison term of which he served eight months;
* unauthorized use of a vehicle and larceny in 1996 in Muskogee County, for which he was given two concurrent two-year prison terms and served eight months;
* second-degree burglary in 1996 in Muskogee County, for which he was originally given five years’ probation that was later revoked to a three-year prison term of which he served less than two years;
* auto burglary in 1994 in Muskogee County, for which he was originally given three years’ probation that was later revoked to a concurrent three-year prison term of which he served about two years.
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