An Oronogo man choked his wife and threatened to kill her and their children, according to a probable cause statement filed in Jasper County Circuit Court.
The Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney’s office charged Scotty Allen Drake (DOB 1980) with second-degree domestic assault, property damage, attempted escape and resisting arrest.
Bond was set at $15,000 cash only.
From the probable cause statement:
On 06-09-2026 I Officer Richards was dispatched to speak to Victim 1 at the Oronogo City Hall in reference to an Assault. I spoke to Victim 1 who advised that Scotty Drake had pushed her onto the bed and was choking her causing her to have difficulty breathing and was in fear.
Victim 1 advised she was able to get away from Scotty but ended up on the ground where Scotty hit her in the face with the palm of his hand. Victim 1 also advised that Scotty attempted multiple times to keep her from leaving the bedroom.
Victim 1 advised that Scotty was looking for the gun she hid and was making multiple comments about killing her and the kids. Victim 1 and Scotty are husband and wife and live together at the incident location.
I (victim 2), WCPD Officer Jaden Galardo (Victim 3) and a JCSO Deputy responded to the incident location to attempt to speak to Scotty.
After multiple times of knocking Scotty came to the door and opened the door to speak to us. Scotty was positively identified. Scotty refused to step out of the residence and shut the door on us. Believing Scotty was attempting to flee entry was made and Scotty was brought outside.
Scotty resisted coming outside at first but later allowed himself to be brought outside. While he was in my patrol vehicle Scotty began kicking the back passenger side door and window causing the door frame to be bent and the window to be busted out.
When we went to remove Scotty from my patrol vehicle, he had broken open the handcuff that was on his right wrist proving him with a weapon attached to his left wrist. Scotty resisted us while attempting to take him back into custody and hit myself in the face causing my eyeglasses to fly into my patrol vehicle.
Scotty also kneed and kicked Victim 3 during the incident.
Scotty was able to be taken back into custody after 2 taser deployments. During the second taser deployment I attempted to pull Scotty away from my patrol vehicle to be able to put handcuffs back on and was shocked as well. Estimated cost of repairing the damaged patrol vehicle is $1,600.00.
Originally appeared on The Turner Report
