The Stillwater Journal Thursday, February 10 - Page 10
By Patti Weaver
Journal Correspondent
A Yale man described by a
.judge as "a one-man crime
wave" has been given a seven-
year prison term for pointing a
gun at his 16-year-old girlfriend
whom he had a history of abus-
ing.
Justin Gale Petitt, 25, who has
been in the Payne County Jail
since July of last year, requested
Friday that he be transported to
state prison as soon as possible.
Addressing Petitt in court,
District Judge Donald Worthing-
ton - who sentenced him on 17
charges including threats to kill
four people - said Friday, "You're
a one-man crime wave. What's
your problem?"
Petitt replied, "I've got an atti-
tude problem."
Petitt, a 1998 graduate of Yale
High School, said he first used
meth at age 21, according to a
background report. Petitt said he
attempted suicide at 21 and
underwent mental health treat-
ment including medication, the
report said.
In court Friday, Petitt pleaded
guilty to pointing a gun at his
teenage girlfriend and hitting her
in the face and head with his
fists, as well as dragging her by
her hair, both on Feb. 19, 2004.
Prosecutor Jack Bowyer said
that the girl and her father agreed
with his recommendation that
Petitt be given seven years in
prison for the gun incident, with
a concurrent two-year term for
domestic abuse as a second
offense.
An affidavit by Yale Police
Officer Robert Miller said that
on Feb. 19 shortly before 8 p.m
a friend of the teenage abuse vic-
tim called to report that Petitt
"had been hitting (the girl) and
dragging her around by the
arms."
But the caller said that she was
too afraid to give the girl's last
name and never came to the
police station to file a report, the
g gun
affidavit said.
A month later, Miller said that
he was at home about 8:30 p.m.
March 20 when a dispatcher told
him that the girl and her friend,
who had earlier called police,
were at the police station and
wanted to talk to him, the affi-
davit said.
The girl "got on the phone and
advised me that Mr. Petitt was
still hitting her and also put a
gun in her face and told her he
would kill her," the affidavit
said.
The girl "also told me that Mr.
Petitt stated that he would not go
to jail for domestic violence - he
would go for murder next time.
Suspect faces spitting
When Carl Eddie Mullins, 38,
was threatened with trespassing,
police learned there were war-
rants outstanding and he was
arrested. But he continued to not
cooperate with officers and now
faces additional counts, accord-
ing to a report from police.
It started about 5:39 p.m. on
Jan. 22 at 1600 N. Harford,
according to police spokesman
Ran Benningfield.
Benningfield said management
wanted Mullins off the property.
Warrants lbr Mullins arrest
from both the city of Stfllwater
and Payne County were found.
Benningfield said Mullins ver-
bally assaulted officers and
threatened to kill them. While at
the jail, Mullins continued to be
very combative
tive, spittin
tion officers,
Mullins .said he
kill offices by
cers with AIDS
said Bennin
Officers
ical attention.
Mullins was
faces charges
bodily fluid on a
employee,
ment, resisting
ing to kill and assaUlt!
on an officer.
Bond for Mullins
$100,000 and a
attorney was
at a preliminary
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