Stillwater Man Accused of Hitting Deputy Jailed on $5,000 Bail

(Stillwater, Okla.) — A Stillwater man remains jailed on a felony charge accusing him of hitting Payne County Sheriff’s Deputy Bobby Miller, who was placing him in protective custody, according to court records.

    Travis Scott Ruud, 26, was being held on $5,000 bail pending his arraignment this week, a jail spokesman said.

    The deputy was sent at about 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 6 to the 600 block of W. 32nd regarding a possible robbery, his affidavit said.

    Ruud had gone to a female relative’s residence and demanded her car keys, which she did not want to give him since he appeared intoxicated, the affidavit alleged.

    After Ruud became violent, the relative gave him her car keys, but she did not want to pursue charges against him, the affidavit alleged.

    A few minutes later, “Mr. Ruud called her and stated that he was going to get a gun and blow his head off,” the affidavit alleged.

    “The reporting party wanted me to wait at the residence and try to speak to Mr. Ruud,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit.

    “After waiting approximately 40 minutes, Mr. Ruud arrived with the reporting party’s vehicle,” the affidavit alleged.

    “All Mr. Ruud did was yell profanities and tell me to leave the property. At one point, I attempted to reach over him and take an ID from his passenger and Mr. Ruud pushed my arm away,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.

    “Mr. Ruud argued with me about the keys, but finally gave them to the reporting party,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.

    “I then asked Mr. Ruud if he stated to his (relative) that he wanted to get a gun and blow his head off. Mr. Ruud stated yes and it was in the family history. Speaking to him further to determine if he was suicidal, he refused to answer further questions. He kept telling me that it was none of my business and to leave,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.

    After the deputy told Ruud that “for his safety I was placing him in protective custody,” Ruud refused to get out of the vehicle, the affidavit alleged.

    “I was finally able to remove him from the vehicle and get his left arm behind his back. While trying to cuff his left arm, Mr. Ruud swung his right arm back and hit me in the chest,” the deputy alleged in his affidavit.

    “I got his left arm cuffed, but due to the mud we were lying in, I was unable to cuff his right arm,” until Stillwater police arrived to assist, the deputy alleged in his affidavit.

    “I then advised Mr. Ruud that he was under arrest for assault and battery on an officer and resisting arrest,” the deputy wrote in his affidavit.

    It took several officers to get him into the patrol car, the affidavit alleged.

    “During transport to the jail, Mr. Ruud started kicking my back door,” so the deputy stopped to readjust his restraints, the deputy alleged in his affidavit.

    “As soon as the back door was opened, he came out of the vehicle. Several officers tried to put him back in the vehicle, but he refused. A Stillwater police officer fired his taser striking Mr. Ruud, and he then complied and got into the vehicle,” the affidavit alleged.

    If convicted of assault and battery on a police officer, Ruud could be given as much as a five-year prison term and a $500 fine, court records show.

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