By: Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A motorcyclist, who ran eight red lights while speeding up to 143 mph until he struck the roundabout at 10th and Main in Stillwater, remarked while surrendering to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper, “Yup, I’m just a dumb ass,” an affidavit alleged.
John Thomas Sebree IV, 28, of Stillwater, commented, “I’m just lucky to be alive and I didn’t kill anybody. I just thought I was the f……dare devil tonight. Just take me to jail, f… it,” OHP Trooper Ryan Long alleged in an affidavit.
After Sebree struck the roundabout, became separated from his motorcycle and fled on foot, “Long, along with units from Stillwater PD and the Payne County Sheriff’s Office, set up a perimeter and Sebree walked out and turned himself in,” at 11:48 pm on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 10th and Husband, according to the affidavit.
“Sebree had injuries from the collision that were treated on scene and he refused any medical treatment,” the affidavit alleged.
“Sebree stated that he had consumed a few ‘Four Locos before driving,"” the trooper alleged in his affidavit. Sebree’s breath samples indicated his blood alcohol level was .13, the affidavit alleged.
In addition to attempting to elude the trooper from Perkins Road and Hall of Fame to 10th and Main in Stillwater, Sebree was charged with drunk driving a 2017 Kawasaki motorcycle and failing to have a driver’s license endorsement for a motorcycle.
Sebree, who was jailed for four days until he posted $20,000 bail, has been ordered to have an attorney at his April 6 court appearance or his bail will be revoked on the three-count charge punishable by six and one-half years in custody plus a $6,500 fine on conviction, court records show.
When Sebree lived in Perkins six years ago, his car crashed following a high-speed chase into Lincoln County. In that 2014 case, Sebree was placed on probation for five years as part of a plea bargain with 90 days in jail for eluding Perkins Police Officer Kyle Howard, concealing stolen property and contributing to the delinquency of two minors.
Howard was patrolling at about 9:30 pm on July 1, 2014, when he saw a car with high beams pick up speed and turn onto SE Third Street in Perkins, his affidavit said.
When the vehicle went to Highway 177 south, “it failed to stop at the stop sign, disregarding any citizen’s safety and went south,” the affidavit said.
“During the pursuit on Highway 177 south, the suspect vehicle would pass vehicles going over 100 mph. I followed the vehicle to the city of Carney, Lincoln County.
“I was still going over 120 mph, but slowed my speeds because of traffic within the city. I saw the suspect vehicle pass a car, just missing a semi going northbound.
“When I got to the vehicle he passed, the same semi was blocking my path. I lost sight of the vehicle and terminated the pursuit,” the Perkins officer wrote in his affidavit.
Later that night, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office found a vehicle near where the pursuit ended that was wrecked in the middle of 860 Road, two miles south of Hammerpark Road and seven miles east of Highway 177, the affidavit said.
The next night about 6:45 pm, “I was told by Payne County dispatch that John Sebree was at the Perkins Police Department and wanted to report his vehicle stolen,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
“Before I spoke to John Sebree, I noticed bruising on his left arm and two black eyes. He also had additional swelling around his face. It appeared to me that this was possibly from hitting his face on a steering wheel during the wreck of the Camaro,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
After again claiming his car was stolen, Sebree asked, “Be for real, what am I looking at for this?” to which the Perkins officer replied he would seek an arrest warrant for at least eluding, the affidavit said.
“John hung his head and said he ran because he was afraid to go to jail. He stated he has six pending cases in Payne County. John did not elaborate as to why he thought he would be going to jail.
“John Sebree told me that as soon as I turned around, he knew he was getting pulled over and panicked. He also stated that he had a cold air intake system in his vehicle, and the vehicle maxed out at 150 mph.
“John apologized for lying, but did not want to get in any more trouble and also admitted to endangering other people’s lives by passing them,” the Perkins officer wrote in his affidavit in that 2014 case.
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