Tye man indicted after allegedly â€˜slammingâ€™ wife legs with car door

By Timothy Chipp ^[1] of the Abilene Reporter News

A Taylor County grand jury on Thursday indicted a Tye man suspected of slamming a car door on his wife's legs.

Nicholas Scott Powell, 38, is charged with enhanced third-degree felony assault family violence after police said he attacked his wife in the couple's home Feb. 25.

According to court documents, Powell and his wife were running errands in their vehicle when they ran out of gas.

Upon returning to their residence, Nicholas thought his wife was upset about running out of fuel, according to the documents, and he became angry. She told him to leave her alone and went to the bathroom and shut the door, documents said.

He then broke the door down, according to the documents, and began pushing her and yelling at her. She reportedly pushed him back and left the apartment to retrieve items from their vehicle.

He followed her outside and, while she was sitting in the passenger seat with the door open, he allegedly slammed the door, catching her legs in its path.

Officials said Powell's charge was enhanced because he previously was convicted of assaulting a family member in January 2007.

Powell was being held in the Taylor County Jail in lieu of a $10,000 bail bond, according to jail records.

Other indictments announced Thursday include:

Lonnie Clyde Applin Jr., unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, May 17;

Michael Erin Flores, theft, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, possession of methamphetamine, Aug. 5;

Dolores Mora Jennings, assault of a public servant, July 14;

George Malcolm Carmichael, theft, May 21;

Miles Wayne Philley Jr., assault family violence (enhanced), July 6;

Lada Samigullina-Perrie, driving while intoxicated, May 16;

Isaiah Xavier Rodriguez, theft of a firearm, Dec. 25;

Robert Ybarra Barron, possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possession of methamphetamine, July 11;

Fred Allen Stokes Jr., possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possession of methamphetamine, assault of public servant, tampering with evidence, evading arrest (enhanced), June 5;

Julian Abel Gonzales, aggravated assault, June 19;

Pedro Carbajal Secundino, assault family violence (enhanced), April 4;

Tomarrow Mae Henson, credit card abuse, May 7;

Kelvin Moore, possession of cocaine, July 30;

Guadalupe Trevino, aggravated assault (two counts), April 7;

Tristan Anthony Alpers, aggravated robbery, robbery, Dec. 19; theft, burglary of a building, Jan. 22;

Luckie Howard White Jr., possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possession of methamphetamine, possession of cocaine, July 20;

Charles Rice, sexual assault of a child, Jan. 17, 2015;

Rebecca Moreno, failure to register as a sex offender, May 13;

Joshua Andrew Scott Cheatham, aka Joshua Andrew Cheatham, theft, burglary of a building, Jan. 21;

Ignacio Hernandez Gomez, possession of a controlled substance by fraud, Dec. 31, 2014;

Christopher Martin Pieczynski, possession of methamphetamine, March 11;

Michelle Wistl Wilks, possession of methamphetamine, March 11;

Guadalupe Resendez, possession of methamphetamine, July 29;

Joe Nealton Simpson, possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possession of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, April 18; possession of methamphetamine, May 20;

Christopher William Rodriguez, tampering with evidence, Oct. 21, 2014;

Teralyn Michelle Terry, forgery, Sept. 28, 2015;

Roni Jolene Myers, possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possession of methamphetamine, possession of cocaine, July 18;

Michael Borrego, burglary of a habitation, June 26;

Robert Connis Knorring, burglary of a building, theft of a firearm, July 22;

Daniel Roy Hayes, burglary of a building, theft of a firearm, July 22;

John Wayne Godsey, tampering with evidence, theft of a firearm, burglary of a building, July 22;

Casey Brent Sutterfield, assault family violence (enhanced), assault family violence, April 5;

Glenda Reynolds Hardeman, exploitation of a disabled individual, Oct. 14, 2015;

Thomas Joe Oden, assault family violence (enhanced), March 4;

Scott Allen Bentley, driving while intoxicated, May 18.

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