Binging leads to trouble, local man arrested

Many people are having trouble adjusting to th.e self-quarantine request that is circulating to eradicate the spread of COVID-19.

Some people binge watch shows on Netflix or Disney Plus, and some people find other ways to pass the time.

It seems that binge drinking is what landed a local man in hot water. On April 19, at approximately 7:45 p.m., Kingston Police Officer Brandon Marques received a call from a possible victim claiming that a male suspect, Wesley Crawford, was intoxicated and attempted to make sexual advances on her.

In the phone call, the victim alleged that Crawford, a 46-year-old male from Kingston, became belligerent when she turned down his advances, retrieved a shotgun and threatened to kill the victim and her wife.

After Marques instructed the possible victim to go to the Kingston Police Department so he could conduct a thorough interview, she obliged and arrived with her aunt.

Marques also informed the victim that he needed to interview all parties involved.

According to Marques, once the interview began, the alleged victim seemed “shaken up and on the verge of tears.”

The officer was attempting to figure out how the alleged victim and Crawford knew each other. Her wife is the niece of Crawford’s long-time girlfriend.

Once Marques figured out the relation, the reportingparty told her side of the story, and how the events unfolded.

The victim’s aunt-in-law - Crawford’s girlfriend - decided to pick up the alleged victim and her wife on April 16 because she was feeling lonely from self-isolating.

The officer noted that the victim and her wife had no vehicle, which means they were dependent on a ride to go anywhere.

Allegedly, when the three women arrived at the residence, Crawford was already intoxicated.

However, things were calm for the first night.

That Friday, April 17, the victim alleges that Crawford was binging on alcohol early and had a “fifth of vodka down” by early afternoon.

Crawford then made a trip to the liquor store around 3:00 p.m. — it was not stated if the suspect drove himself, or not.

Crawford’s trip to the liquor store resulted in “another handle ofvodka.”

The victim said nothing out of the ordinary happened at that point, so the three women each enjoyed a mixed drink.

According to the alleged victim, stated that her wife and the aunt retired to their respective bedrooms and she went outside to smoke a cigarette.

This is when the victim’s world was allegedly turned upside down.

According to the victim, Crawford hit on her and tried to kiss on her.

In her police report, she stated, he “just came up and literally wrapped his arms around me, and started trying to kiss me and kissing on my cheek and on my neck.”

The victim then alleged she told Crawford “that’s not how I get down,” and went inside and told her wife about the incident.

The wife confronted Crawford, and apparently, that set him off.

According to the victim, Crawford yelled “get out of here,” and a few obscenities. The two women went to the bedroom to gather their belongings and leave, but it seemed Crawford did not think they were moving fast enough.

According to the police report, the supposed victim alleged that Crawford “went straight to his room, picked up a 12-gauge shotgun, and came right back in the room where me and my wife were in and next thing I know, I have a 12-gauge pointed at my face.”

The victim also alleged that she grabbed the shotgun and attempted to wrestle it away from the suspect.

Both the victim and the suspect ended up on the ground, with the victim laying on top of the shotgun.

She told Marques that once they were on the ground, he yelled at her to let go of the gun.

When she refused, he let go of the shotgun with one hand and “struck [redacted] repeatedly with a closed fist.”

The suspect stated she only let go when the aunt entered the room and took possession of the shotgun.

Once the interview was concluded, Marques took photos of the alleged victim’s injuries: lacerations to the nose, ears, eyebrows, temples, jaw, and abrasions to her forehead. She also had a slight bruise on her left arm below the elbow.

At approximately 11:45 p.m., officers went to Crawford’s residence to get his side of the story.

However, upon arrival, it was apparent to the off icers that the suspect was allegedly inebriated.

According to the report, he was belligerent, and had “slurred speech.”

Officers informed Crawford that they would ask him questions once they placed him in handcuffs, for their protection and his.

He refused. After a short tussle, officers were able to contain Crawford, and lead him to the police unit.

According to Marques, Crawford called the officers “tyrants,” and was still loud and belligerent.

The officers transported Crawford to the Marshall County Jail, and originally charged him with Feloniously Pointing a Firearm, Assault and Battery, Possession of a Firearm After a Former Conviction of a Felony, and Resisting and Executive Officer.

Crawford attended his arraignment via video on April 20.

His charges were upgraded due to his priors.

He is currently facing two counts of Feloniously Pointing a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm After the Former Conviction of a Felony, and two counts of Threatening to Perform Acts of Violence – all felonies.

He is also facing two misdemeanors for Resisting and Executive Officer and Assault and Battery.

Crawford has prior convictions in Oklahoma for Feloniously Pointing a Firearm, Falsely Impersonating Another, DWI, Domestic Abuse/Assault and Battery, and DWI Second and Subsequent.

According to police records, the Kingston Police Department was dispatched to Crawford’s residence three times in a span of as many days.

The first time, he was arguing with his boss, and the second time he was arguing with his neighbor.

Both of those calls ended calmly with everybody calming down.

The third call lande d Crawford in jail.

With all of his charges, he is potentially facing 99 years in jail. He is currently being held on a $50,000 cash bond.