Cushing motorcyclist charged with endangering others while eluding deputy at 110 mph

  STILLWATER — A 57-year-old Cushing man, who was convicted of endangering others while eluding an Agra police officer at 100 mph in a pickup in 2016, has been charged with endangering others while eluding a Payne County sheriff’s deputy at 110 mph in a motorcycle — until he crashed out eight minutes later on July 26.

   John Spencer Giblet, who remains jailed on $10,000 bond pending his arraignment on Aug. 13, could be given as much as an eight-year prison term if convicted of his Payne County felony charge filed last week, court records show.

   Giblet was arrested after he ran a stop sign “and drove into Deputy Gedon’s unit, striking the side of his front bumper with the left pedal of the motorcycle — causing the motorcycle to tip over and fall into the northeastern ditch of the intersection” of Eseco Rd. and Little Ave. in Cushing at 5:56 am on July 26, Deputy Tristan Rumpl alleged in an affidavit.

   Deputy Rumpl had spotted the motorcycle at 5:48 am traveling at 43 mph in a 35-mph zone on Main Street in Cushing and making abrupt lane changes without signaling before the officer attempted to make a traffic stop, his affidavit alleged.

   “The motorcycle then began turning into the Walmart Supercenter parking lot, but instead of stopping, he began waving his arms frantically at me and driving through the parking lot, gradually increasing speed. He then drove to the exit of the parking lot at a high rate of speed, ignoring the red stop light and began traveling westbound on Main St. at speeds of roughly 60 mph through light traffic.

   “As we passed the intersection of Main St. and Smith Ave, I had to travel at 110 mph in order to nearly match the pace of the motorcycle…He then abruptly slowed roughly to 35 mph and made a sudden, un-signaled left-hand turn onto Linwood (southbound) and began traveling at speeds of roughly 90 mph through the dense neighborhood, passing by oncoming light traffic.

   “He then passed the intersection of Linwood and 9th St., which is a 4-way stop, completely ignoring the stop sign, still driving at roughly 90 mph southbound. He then made a sudden right-hand turn onto Eseco Rd. and continued driving at a high rate of speed westbound.

   “As he began to slow for another un-signaled right-hand turn north at the stop sign intersection of Eseco and Little Ave., Deputy Spencer Gedon had attempted to block the roadway with his unit, placing it facing northeast at the intersection with his bumper close to the edge of the roadway,” where the motorcyclist crashed, the affidavit alleged.

   “Myself and Deputy Gedon then exited our vehicle and began instructing the driver to lay flat on the ground and put his hands behind his back, which he did,” Deputy Rumpl wrote in his affidavit. A dispatcher said that Giblet’s driver’s license was suspended with limited driving privilege, requiring him to drive with an ignition interlock device, the affidavit said.

   “Giblet later stated this device was installed to his truck, but that he did not have one installed onto the motorcycle. I also observed no ignition interlock device on the motorcycle. Dispatch also advised me that Giblet has a history of endangering, public intoxication, driving while under the influence of alcohol, transporting open container and trespassing.

   “In the saddle bag still attached to the back end of the motorcycle, I discovered a glass pipe, commonly used to smoke marijuana, and a small container labeled as containing THC marijuana…I collected the THC container and the marijuana pipe as evidence,” Deputy Rumpl alleged in his affidavit.

   Ten years ago, Giblet had pleaded guilty to eluding Agra Police Officer Brad Jackson at 8:04 pm on May 20, 2016, “by accelerating away from him and driving in excess of 100 miles per hour and running stop signs and endangering numerous other persons,” while driving a Dodge pickup, running a roadblock set up by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and dumping trash on the private property of the Agra Fire Department, Lincoln County court records show.

   Giblet was arrested in the parking lot of the Wilshire Inn in Cushing at 8:47 pm after Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy David Barnes had joined the pursuit, an affidavit said. As part of a plea bargain with the prosecution, Giblet was given a six-month jail term followed by four and one-half years of probation, along with a $200 fine and $100 payment to the victim’s compensation fund, Lincoln County court records show.