(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Glencoe man was placed on five years’ probation Friday for stalking his estranged wife, threatening to kill a man, firing a shotgun into the ground four times to intimidate people inside a house and obstructing Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Bobby Miller, all in November.
Richard Dale Maxwell, 42, who had been jailed for three months on $100,000 total bail, was released Friday as part of a plea bargain in which the prosecution dropped a felony charge of breaking into a house.
Maxwell, who pleaded guilty Friday to all of his charges except the shotgun count to which he pleaded no contest, was ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation, to perform any recommended follow-up, to have substance abuse counseling and to undergo random drug testing.
As part of his plea bargain, Maxwell was required to serve 60 days in jail, which he had already done by Friday, and to pay $600 in fines and assessments.
Associate District Judge Stephen Kistler ordered Friday that an emergency protective order against Maxwell that was obtained by his estranged wife remain in full force.
Maxwell’s wife wrote in a protective order petition that on Oct. 14, her husband, from whom she is separated, “hit me and took my car and phone, kept me from leaving the house while threatening to punch me in the hall and break my nose.”
“On Oct. 18, 2014, I left my house and went to stay at my son’s house. On Oct. 27, 2014, he came over there and threw me to the ground, hit me in the face and kicked me in my side. I have pictures of the bruises.
“On Oct. 31, 2014, he came to my dad’s house with a loaded shotgun threatening to kill me. I called the cops and filed a report.
“Since that time, he has texted me approximately 20 times a day threatening to kill me if I don’t come home.
“He has called me at least 20 to 30 times a day attempting to talk to me because I don’t answer his calls.
“Nov. 4, 2014, (he) called me at work threatening to come get me from work to take me home and kill me and him both.
“He called a marriage counselor today (Nov. 4), threatened to kill himself, and she called the cops to go talk to him.
“Today (Nov. 4) at work I had to hide out in a locked room because he threatened my safety.
“I am in fear of my life.
“I don’t feel safe anywhere including work.
“I need a protective order to keep him away and make him stop,” she wrote in her petition for an EPO, which was granted on Nov. 4, court records show.
Because Maxwell was given a deferred sentence Friday as part of the plea bargain, he will not have a criminal record if he successfully completes probation.
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