Jimmy Lee Neely, Jr.
(PCSD file photo)
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — An ex-convict, who admitted kicking two Yale police officers, has been given two concurrent one-year jail terms as part of a plea agreement with the prosecution that was approved in court last week by Payne County Associate District Judge Michael Kulling.
Jimmy Lee Neely Jr., 41, who previously lived in Cushing, “was under the influence of methamphetamine and highly intoxicated,” at the time he attacked two officers, his defense attorney Jodie Gage told the judge in court. Neely has been in the Payne County Jail since his arrest four months ago.
Neely had been released from prison five years ago after serving a sentence for possessing methamphetamine in Perry, according to state Department of Corrections records.
In his latest case, Yale police were notified at 10:16 am on March 26 by Grand Lake Mental Health that Neely was living in Yale and having a domestic incident with the homeowner, an affidavit said.
Yale Police Officer Phillip Kelly wrote in an affidavit, “Myself and Officer Alesha Hammons arrived on scene and spoke with (the homeowner), who stated that Neely was coming down off of methamphetamines and was being belligerent and combative.
“I could hear Neely in his room screaming and moving around. We finally got him to come out. Neely came out with a hatchet in his hand.
“Neely was saying he was going to harm me. I pulled my duty pistol and pointed at his chest. I told Neely to drop the hatchet, which he did.
“We went to cuff Neely, and he started fighting, and I pulled my taser and tased Neely. We fought with Neely for a while and finally got him cuffed.
“He had numerous knives (shanks) on his person. Neely kept saying he was going to kill me. Neely kicked myself and Officer Hammons numerous times during the struggle.
“We got Neely outside and called medical to remove taser prongs and to examine the blood on his head. Neely kept saying he would make bond and come to the Yale PD and take me out.
“I called Grand Lake (Mental Health), and they said they did not want him and to take him to jail — they were full of combative subjects. Body cams were running the entire time on myself and Officer Hammons,” Officer Kelly wrote in his affidavit.
According to court records, on two occasions last year Stillwater police had been called to Grand Lake Mental Health in the Cimarron Plaza on reports that Neely had assaulted a staff member.
In April of 2023, Neely was charged with assault and battery on a medical care provider, a felony that was reduced a month later to misdemeanor assault and battery for which he was given a 90-day jail term. Six months later, Neely was again charged with felony assault and battery on a medical provider, which was dismissed a month later by the prosecution.
According to DOC records, Neely has a 20-year criminal record consisting of:
* methamphetamine possession in Noble County in 2016 for which he was given a seven-year prison term but served less than three years before being released in June of 2019;
* harboring a fugitive in both Okfuskee County and Kay County in 2008 for which he was given in 2009 concurrent 10-year prison terms but only served about seven years before being released in October of 2016;
* car theft and second-degree burglary in Noble County in 2004 for which he was given in 2005 concurrent nine-year prison terms but only served about seven and one-half years before being released in January of 2013;
* bogus check in Payne County in 2004 for which he was given a seven-year prison term but only served five years and three months before being released in January of 2010;
* assault and battery on a police officer in Payne County in 2004 for which he was given a five-year prison term but only served three and one-half years before being released in March of 2008;
* prisoner placing body fluid on a government employee in Payne County in 2004 for which he was given a two-year prison term of which he served one year and nine months before being released in July of 2006;
* eluding a police officer in Payne County in 2004 for which he was given a one-year jail term that he served before being released in October of 2005;
* car theft and second-degree burglary in Payne County in 2002 for which he was given in 2004 concurrent five-year prison terms but only served three and one-half years before being released in March of 2008.
