Shell Knob man arrested after repeated harassment incidents
October 11, 2017
Charlea Estes-Jones
A Shell Knob man was charged with aggravated stalking after violating an order of protection multiple times. Sean T. Hooten, 39, of Shell Knob, is currently being held in the Barry County Jail in lieu of a $50,000 cash-only bond.
According to affidavits of probable cause, Hooten has been under the rule of an order of protection since June 21 of this year. Since then, Hooten has violated that order multiple times, resulting in multiple misdemeanor and felony charges leading up to the aggravated stalking charge.
According to the report, Hooten violated the order on July 7 by texting the victim and causing emotional distress. Again, the order was allegedly violated on July 9 when Hooten showed up at the victim’s residence and got into an altercation with the victim’s brother.
On August 25, Hooten was texting the victim again.Then, on September 24, Hooten broke into the victim’s residence and took a nine year-old child.
While in the Barry County Jail, Hooten called the victim again from the jail phone on September 28.
In October, Hooten continued contacting the victim, calling her and messaging her on Facebook on October 2 and by Facebook messenger again on October 4.
When officers made contact with Hooten, he told officers that he had tried to contact her because he had been told she had been tortured and killed by Barry County judges, prosecutors and the sheriff’s office.
During these events, the victim claimed she feared for her life and suffered sleep deprivation and anxiety.
In previous probable cause statements since June, officers detail the alleged incidents over the three and a half months since an order of protection was granted for the victim. In that span of time, Hooten was charged with two counts of harassment in the first degree, class E felonies, and two counts of violating an order of protection, misdemeanors, as well as attempted escape from confinement and assault in the third degree on a special victim, class E and class F felonies, respectively.
After being arrested for alleged harassment, Hooten attempted to escape the Barry County Jail by trying to gain control of a deputy’s jail keys, striking him multiple times and causing contusions on his right arm and an abrasion on his neck. A second deputy was injured on his hand. Both had to seek medical treatment at Mercy Hospital in Cassville.
Charlea Estes-Jones
A Shell Knob man was charged with aggravated stalking after violating an order of protection multiple times. Sean T. Hooten, 39, of Shell Knob, is currently being held in the Barry County Jail in lieu of a $50,000 cash-only bond.
According to affidavits of probable cause, Hooten has been under the rule of an order of protection since June 21 of this year. Since then, Hooten has violated that order multiple times, resulting in multiple misdemeanor and felony charges leading up to the aggravated stalking charge.
According to the report, Hooten violated the order on July 7 by texting the victim and causing emotional distress. Again, the order was allegedly violated on July 9 when Hooten showed up at the victim’s residence and got into an altercation with the victim’s brother.
On August 25, Hooten was texting the victim again.Then, on September 24, Hooten broke into the victim’s residence and took a nine year-old child.
While in the Barry County Jail, Hooten called the victim again from the jail phone on September 28.
In October, Hooten continued contacting the victim, calling her and messaging her on Facebook on October 2 and by Facebook messenger again on October 4.
When officers made contact with Hooten, he told officers that he had tried to contact her because he had been told she had been tortured and killed by Barry County judges, prosecutors and the sheriff’s office.
During these events, the victim claimed she feared for her life and suffered sleep deprivation and anxiety.
In previous probable cause statements since June, officers detail the alleged incidents over the three and a half months since an order of protection was granted for the victim. In that span of time, Hooten was charged with two counts of harassment in the first degree, class E felonies, and two counts of violating an order of protection, misdemeanors, as well as attempted escape from confinement and assault in the third degree on a special victim, class E and class F felonies, respectively.
After being arrested for alleged harassment, Hooten attempted to escape the Barry County Jail by trying to gain control of a deputy’s jail keys, striking him multiple times and causing contusions on his right arm and an abrasion on his neck. A second deputy was injured on his hand. Both had to seek medical treatment at Mercy Hospital in Cassville.