A Norman man facing two charges has pleaded guilty to both and received deferred prison sentences.
David Ade, 57 at the time, was formally charged in Lincoln County District Court Oct. 3, 2023 with aggravated assault and battery, a felony and assault and battery, a misdemeanor, following a recent domestic disturbance in which the ear of one of the victims was reportedly partially bitten off.
This week appearing before District Judge Sarah Bridge, and as the result of a plea bargain, he withdrew his previous plea and pleaded guilty.
Both the state and Ade waived a pre-sentence investigation. The waiver was received and the court foundAdeguiltyascharged on Count 1.
Judge Bridge deferred the defendant’s sentencing for a period of five years, handed him a $100 judicial assessment, $100VCAand court costs.
On Count 2, the judge deferred his sentencing for five years, gave him a $100 judicial assessment, $100 VCA, court costs, pay 991 fees and ordered the counts to run concurrent with each other.
She also ordered Ade to complete an anger management program, placed him on probation with Oklahoma Court Services and ordered him to report to the Probation Office and Court Clerk’s Office.
Assistant District Attorney Kelly Trimble prosecuted the case and Ade’s defense attorney was Ryan Hearne, In the felony, Ade was accused on Sep. 24, 2023 of committing an aggravated assault and battery upon Landon Hawkins by hitting, biting, pushing and other forms of assault with force and violence, allegedly inflicting great bodily injury on Hawkins by biting off a portion of his ear with the unlawful intent to do corporal hurt and injury to him.
He entered an innocent plea on June 25 of this year. Appearing recently before District Judge John Canavan, he waived a speedy trial.
The misdemeanor charged Ade on the same day with unlawfully committing an assault and battery upon Briana Williams by punching the victim about the head and body with his hands and fists with force and violence.
Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Ty Wiseman states in a probable cause affidavit that he and Deputy Sheriff Kevin Roe were a two-man unit on Sep. 24 when about 7:44 p.m. they were dispatched to 356102 E. 1030 Road in Lincoln County for a domestic disturbance in progress.
The reporting party, Brianna Williams, advised her ex-boyfriend Michael Ade and his dad David Ade came to the residence for a custody exchange and assaulted her and her boyfriend Landon Hawkins. Williams advised deputies she was pregnant.
She told the deputies Michael and David had left the residence in a gray Nissan Altima possibly headed for I-40 to return home. She advised that half of Landon’s ear was bitten off and they were trying to locate it. Dispatch advised the deputies Miller EMS was en route.
Hawkins informed the deputies that both Michael and David attacked him.
Both Brianna and Landon were transported to OU Medical Center for further medical treatment.