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August 26, 2010

Balthrop charged with five felony counts

Previous incident found during investigation

By The Banner Staff The Duncan Banner

DUNCAN — Brandon Balthrop was officially charged in Stephens County District Court Monday afternoon in the courtroom of Judge Carl LaMar, with five felony counts. LaMar put the official affidavit on hold for 48 hours and it was released just after 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Balthrop, 27, is a former Stephens County Sheriff’s Deputy, and also worked as a Duncan Police Department reserve officer prior to that. His charges include Count 1, sexual battery; Count 2, indecent exposure; Count 3, sexual battery; Count 4, kidnapping; and Count 5, first degree rape by instrumentation; or alternate count 5 of second degree rape by instrumentation.

The charges were available Monday and briefly outlined the details of the alleged charges. The affidavit is that of Robert Williams, special agent with the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation. Balthrop was released from his employment with SCSO, July 21, by Sheriff Wayne McKinney.

In Williams’ affidavit, he was assigned July 8, to investigate the complaint made by a 19-year-old female, who claimed that Balthrop sexually assaulted her during a traffic stop July 7, on Pinto Road, south of Dr. Pepper Road.

The alleged victim said that she, her friend and her friend’s 13-year-old sister, had left the friend’s residence in Wilson, to go to the victim’s home in Velma. The female said her friend was following in another vehicle. The 19-year-old said she saw her friend being pulled over and she drove ahead and pulled into a private drive and waited. She had to wait, as the friend didn’t know her way to the 19-year-old’s home. After a few minutes, the first female decided to go back to the location of the traffic stop and she parked her car facing south across from the road where her friend’s car was parked, with the police car also there. The 19-year-old said Balthrop asked her what she needed and she said she was the friend and just waiting. Other exchanges took place, detailed in the affidavit, which is public record.

The claims included a search of the 19-year-old woman and a polygraph test.

Williams interviewed Balthrop July 14, who denied physically touching the alleged victim.

“Balthrop agreed to a polygraph test and on July 19, 2010, was given one. Balthrop failed the test showing strong deceptions when asked if he placed his hand down (the alleged victim’s) pants, touching her ...” the affidavit reads.

“When confronted with failing the polygraph, Balthrop got angry and left the interview,” it continued.

During the investigation, Williams noted in the affidavit that he discovered another incident that allegedly took place July 19, 2007, during Balthrop’s time as a DPD reserve officer, in which he committed a sexual assault against a fellow city employee, who worked for the DPD at that time. Balthrop was working full-time for Halliburton at that time, while he was a reserve officer, according to the affidavit.

A third incident detailed in the affidavit included Balthrop allegedly taking a 16-year-old female, June 6, 2010, against her will, from another person’s vehicle and telling the driver he would take the girl home. According to the investigation and claims made, Balthrop instead drove her to another location and  allegedly said they were going to have some fun.

The victim alleges that she began crying and told him she had to use the bathroom, at which time he became angry and took her home.

The report indicates the victim called the driver of the vehicle that she had been with at the time of the traffic stop.

A preliminary hearing has been set for 9 a.m. Nov. 23.

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