The Norman Transcript

Headlines

Discussion

December 20, 2012

Teen charged with kidnapping, assault

By Jessica Bruha The Norman Transcript

NORMAN — A preliminary hearing conference will be Jan. 15 for a Norman North student charged with kidnapping and domestic assault and battery earlier this month.

Jordan Quinn Harris, 17, was charged with the two felonies this past week. He was arrested but bonded out of jail Dec. 12 on a $1,000 bond.

According to the affidavit, during an interview with police, the a 16-year-old fellow student said Harris forced her into his car in the Norman North High School parking lot after lunch. The affidavit stated the victim and Harris were in a dating relationship and both attended Norman North.

The victim tried to resist, but once she was forced into the backseat of his car, he allegedly strangled her twice until she was unconscious, according to the charges.

The affidavit stated once the victim regained consciousness for the second time, she stopped resisting Harris and left the school with him. A short time later, they returned to the Norman North parking lot to retrieve the victim’s backpack, which was left there when the victim was forced into the car.

“When they approached the place where her backpack was left, Harris told (the victim) ‘if you get out, I’ll kill you,” the affidavit stated.

The two then left the high school parking lot again and drove around for a few hours. The victim said she could not remember where they had gone until they went to the east side Norman Wal-Mart Supercenter because both she and Harris noticed “her eyes were bloody.”

The victim then said Harris went into Wal-Mart to get her makeup to conceal her injuries before taking her back home. When the victim returned home, a Norman police officer was at the residence responding to a runaway report for the juvenile.

The officer noticed that the victim had sustained significant injuries to her eyes, face and neck consistent with being assaulted. When asked by her parents, the victim said she was assaulted by her boyfriend.

The 16-year-old was then taken to the emergency room and her injuries were photographed by police. The affidavit stated she had severe hemorrhages in both eyes, a possible broken nose, severe facial bruising and bruises on her neck consistent with being strangled.

During Harris’ interview with police, the 17-year-old denied forcing the victim out of school and to his car and assaulting her. The affidavit stated that he noticed the victim’s injuries to her eyes, face and neck as he was planning to take her home but did not know how she sustained those injuries.

A preliminary hearing conference is scheduled by agreement for further negotiation for a youthful offender study and psych evaluation. The case is assigned to District Judge Tracy Schumacher.

For local news and more, subscribe to The Norman Transcript Smart Edition, or our print edition.

Text Only | Photo Reprints
Headlines
  • Oklahoma Tornado Disoriented and displaced residents make their way back to devastated homes

    Sparks of joy lit up grief-stricken eyes from time to time on Wednesday after Moore residents were allowed back into their neighborhoods for the first time after Monday’s EF-5 tornado devastated much of the city....

    May 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • dog_wreckage More shelters in forecast

    MOORE — Ten children are dead, and Mayor Glenn Lewis wants tornado shelters included in all new homes built in Moore. A proposed municipal ordinance would require a shelter either inside or outside....

    May 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • clean up 19 School administrators focused on the recovery, future

    MOORE — Just days after Moore Public Schools suffered the loss of nine students and complete destruction of Plaza Towers and Briarwood Elementary schools, administrators take it a day at a time, as details continue to emerge from affected ...

    May 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • Challpress1 State Senate approves $45 million from Rainy Day fund for relief

    OKLAHOMA CITY — The state Senate voted Wednesday to take $45 million from the state Rainy Day Fund for immediate tornado disaster relief....

    May 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • tornadomom Mother endures labor during tornado

    Shayla Taylor was ready to give birth to her second child just as the impending destruction of Monday’s EF-5 tornado bore down on the Moore Medical Center.

    May 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • Oklahoma visitor had brush with tornado’s fury

    MOORE — Tim Lawrence was just in town to visit his family, but he had to huddle close with them in a storm cellar Monday afternoon as the tornado swept through the neighborhood....

    May 23, 2013

  • City manager has been through it all before

    MOORE — Huddled in his city’s emergency operations center Monday afternoon, Moore City Manager Steve Eddy watched as a massive tornado prepared to tear through his community....

    May 23, 2013

  • warren_wreckage Lucky Bill Warren says he still believes in Moore

    One of the country’s busiest IMAX theaters, the Warren IMAX in Moore was in the direct path of Monday’s tornado and probably should have been destroyed. But the theater remains intact because of heavy-duty construction and could re-open as ...

    May 23, 2013 1 Photo

  • Families mourn children lost in tornado

    MOORE — Nicknamed “The Wall,” 8-year-old Kyle Davis loved soccer and going to Monster Truck exhibitions at the fairgrounds with his grandfather. JaNae Hornsby, 9, loved to draw, sing, and be a big sister and cousin to her younger ...

    May 23, 2013

  • Moore cemetery 5 Volunteers clean Moore Cemetery in advance of burials

    MOORE — Rosella Poff’s gravestone was laid in Moore Cemetery just nine months ago....

    May 23, 2013 2 Photos