A Corn man could be spending the rest of his life in prison following his arrest last week. Kenneth Aubrey Robbins was charged Dec. 2, 2019, with a felony count of domestic assault and battery by strangulation and a misdemeanor charge of disrupting/preventing/interrupting an emergency telephone call.
The charges date back to an incident of Nov. 18, 2019, when Washita County Sheriff’s Deputy Shawn Pierce was dispatched to a home in Corn due to a physical domestic dispute. The victim’s son, who was at the time in a wheelchair due to a previous injury, had called 911 to report the assault. During the call, Robbins reportedly took the phone away from the son and broke it.
Pierce arrived on the scene and met with Deputy Stewart, who had also responded to the call. Robbins had left the home and was possibly heading to a family member’s home in Hobart. The deputies called in a be on the lookout, or BOLO, notice for Robbins’ vehicle.
Pierce interviewed the victim, who had apparent injuries which could be seen, according to Pierce’s affidavit of probable cause.
“She had apparent injuries that could be seen,” Pierce wrote. “[Victim] stated Mr. Robbins had assaulted her in the bedroom, not allowing her to leave the room. Mr. Robbins had struck her in the head, face, and upper body. [Victim] stated Mr. Robbins had choked her several times and at least once straddled her and choked her. [Victim] had obvious injuries of swelling and redness to her left eye, right cheek/jaw, chin, redness and scratches to her left upper and lower arm, abrasions to her lower left leg and redness on both sides of her neck.”
Deputies completed a lethality assessment and the attempted strangulation supplemental form on the scene and left the statement forms with the victim and her son, due to their condition at the time.
Domestic assault and battery by strangulation is punishable by one to three years in prison, but the potential sentence is escalated to three years to life due to a previous conviction. The disrupting/preventing/interrupting an emergency telephone call carries a sentence of up to one year in jail and/ or a fine of up to $3,000.