Okla-homey
9/8/2006, 08:31 AM
Yikes!
Lawyer accused of assaulting neighbor, 3 kids
By SUSAN HYLTON World Staff Writer
9/8/2006
GLENPOOL -- A lawyer who was censured in June after serving a one-year suspended sentence for outraging public decency was jailed again Wednesday.
This time he is accused of assaulting a neighbor and three children in their home.
Rhett Henry Wilburn, 44, was booked into the Tulsa Jail about 9 p.m. on four complaints of assault and battery and one of first-degree burglary. He was released early Thursday after posting more than $50,000 in bonds.
Police Sgt. Tracey Powell said Wilburn reportedly came out of his Glenpool home Wednesday afternoon and screamed and cussed at a 15-year-old boy who lives across the street.
Wilburn followed the boy into his home and put him into a "hugging type hold" as he continued a verbal barrage and demanded cigarettes, police say.
Wilburn is accused of grabbing the boy's 12-year-old cousin and asking her why she had an attitude before picking up a 5-year-old boy by the arms because he wouldn't shake his hand, Powell said. The 15-year-old's mother, Angela Bell, was baby-sitting the 5-year-old.
Police allege that Wilburn went back to the girl and asked her if "she could see stars" before head-butting her. "The mother is witnessing this trying to get him out of house," Powell said. "She says, 'If you leave, I'll go get you some cigarettes.' "
Wilburn told her she had 10 minutes to do so, but he then allegedly lifted up her shirt and pushed her, Powell said.
He said the 5-year-old was bruised but that no one needed medical treatment.
Powell said Wilburn is being treated for cancer but did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Wilburn was charged with two felony counts of sexual battery in August 2003 on accusations that he slapped two female security guards on the buttocks and pressed himself against one guard. The charges were reduced to misdemeanor counts of outraging public decency in a plea deal in February 2004.
The state Supreme Court censured Wilburn in June. Wilburn has continued to practice law in Tulsa, records show. :eek:
Lawyer accused of assaulting neighbor, 3 kids
By SUSAN HYLTON World Staff Writer
9/8/2006
GLENPOOL -- A lawyer who was censured in June after serving a one-year suspended sentence for outraging public decency was jailed again Wednesday.
This time he is accused of assaulting a neighbor and three children in their home.
Rhett Henry Wilburn, 44, was booked into the Tulsa Jail about 9 p.m. on four complaints of assault and battery and one of first-degree burglary. He was released early Thursday after posting more than $50,000 in bonds.
Police Sgt. Tracey Powell said Wilburn reportedly came out of his Glenpool home Wednesday afternoon and screamed and cussed at a 15-year-old boy who lives across the street.
Wilburn followed the boy into his home and put him into a "hugging type hold" as he continued a verbal barrage and demanded cigarettes, police say.
Wilburn is accused of grabbing the boy's 12-year-old cousin and asking her why she had an attitude before picking up a 5-year-old boy by the arms because he wouldn't shake his hand, Powell said. The 15-year-old's mother, Angela Bell, was baby-sitting the 5-year-old.
Police allege that Wilburn went back to the girl and asked her if "she could see stars" before head-butting her. "The mother is witnessing this trying to get him out of house," Powell said. "She says, 'If you leave, I'll go get you some cigarettes.' "
Wilburn told her she had 10 minutes to do so, but he then allegedly lifted up her shirt and pushed her, Powell said.
He said the 5-year-old was bruised but that no one needed medical treatment.
Powell said Wilburn is being treated for cancer but did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Wilburn was charged with two felony counts of sexual battery in August 2003 on accusations that he slapped two female security guards on the buttocks and pressed himself against one guard. The charges were reduced to misdemeanor counts of outraging public decency in a plea deal in February 2004.
The state Supreme Court censured Wilburn in June. Wilburn has continued to practice law in Tulsa, records show. :eek: