Kyle Jacob Munier
(DOC file photo)
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — An ex-convict from Tryon, who was released from prison four months ago, has been accused of attacking his wife at her rural Glencoe residence and violating a protective order that she obtained against him four years ago.
Due to his criminal record, Kyle Jacob Munier, 31, could be given as much as two life prison terms if convicted of both charges as subsequent offenses, after former felony convictions.
Munier was arrested at 3:53 am on April 17 at his wife’s residence by Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Daryn Zanfardino and released from jail the same day on $7,500 bail with an order to have no contact with her. Munier has been ordered to appear in court with an attorney on May 18.
His wife “continually told me how she was in fear for her life because she was worried about Kyle’s gang affiliation and how she would be retaliated against for the incident,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.
At 2:38 am on April 17, a dispatcher had received a call from a neighbor, who said Munier’s wife was messaging her for help, an affidavit said.
When the deputy saw Munier’s wife, she “was visibly distraught and there was severe damage to the front door and the living room had a bunch of damage done,” the affidavit alleged. She said that they are still married, the affidavit said.
She said “he doesn’t live here but he stays there a lot. Kyle had just gotten out of prison in December and that she had started talking to him again,” the affidavit alleged.
She said, “Kyle threw some water at her, followed by a potted plant and then some coasters among other items. She stated that he was kicking the door very forcefully while throwing other things around. She stated that her head hurt where she believes she was hit by a coaster,” the affidavit alleged.
She was informed that “we had emergency medical services who were going to be on their way to look at her,” the affidavit said.
When Munier was asked what happened, “he stated that they got into an argument and he started to throw things around,” but he denied hitting his wife, the affidavit alleged.
According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections and court records, Munier had previously been convicted of:
* manufacture of methamphetamine in Payne County in 2010 and possession of the same drug in Perkins in 2015 for which he was originally placed on probation for 10 years with Drug Court from which he was terminated in 2016 and given a seven-year prison term with the balance suspended on completion of the Bill Johnson Drug Offender Work Camp;
* assault with intent to commit a felony in Lincoln County in 2019 for which he was given a five-year prison term and being a felon in possession of a firearm, both in Tryon, for which he was given a six-year prison term in 2020 but served only two and one-half years, followed by four years of probation;
* car theft and being a felon in possession of a firearm in 2019 in Payne County for which he was given the above concurrent sentences of six years in prison followed by four years of probation.
