A $100,000 bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a woman who failed to appear for the final jury call docket last week. He was scheduled for trial during the current jury term that began on Monday of this week.
Formal felony charges were filed in Lincoln County District Court Jan. 25, 2023 against Taj’unique Johnnice Owens, 25, of Oklahoma City.
In Count 1, Owens is charged with the felony of use of vehicle in discharge of a weapon. She is accused on Jan. 18, 2023 of discharging a pistol from her vehicle in conscious disregard for the safety of the people around her.
Count 2, a misdemeanor, charged her on the same date of leaving the scene of an accident on the Turner Turnpike at mile marker 154 in Lincoln County in which the vehicle she was driving struck and resulted in damage to a car driven by Robert Chapman.
She was arrested on the Turner Turnpike in January of 2023 for allegedly using her vehicle in discharge of a weapon.
A four-year-old child also was discovered in the backseat of the woman’s vehicle after a state trooper stopped her.
On July 20 last year, she waived her preliminary hearing.
Appearing for her arraignment on Sep. 19 last year, she pleaded not guilty.
In a probable cause affidavit, State Trooper Wayne Linzy reported that on Jan. 18 shortly before 9 p.m. Oklahoma Highway Patrol dispatch received a call for assistance from a driver on the turnpike, Robert Chapman, who said he was involved in a minor collision with another vehicle.