According to court records, Terry Joe Richey of Vian, 22, was charged June 14 with aggravated assault and battery from the alleged assault, which occurred on June 3.
Sallisaw Police Officer Wayne Rowell reported that at about 4:13 p.m. June 3 he was dispatched to a Sallisaw home in reference to an assault. Rowell reportedly spoke to the alleged victim, who told police that he and a friend took Jeremy Small and Richey home at about midnight on June 2 when the alleged victim and Small got into a verbal argument.
During the argument, Richey allegedly came up and punched the victim in the jaw and then picked him up by the hair and a leg and threw him into a vehicle. The alleged victim was later taken Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw, with a broken jaw.
A witness reportedly corroborated the alleged victim's story.
