By Tom Blakey
Transcript Staff Writer
Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigators say a Noble man had a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit when he rolled a pickup truck Jan. 20, causing the death of the front seat passenger.
Glen A. Mobley, 41, was charged Friday with second-degree murder in the death of Brian Scott Phillips, 32, Lexington. Troopers say Phillips was killed when he was ejected and landed underneath the pickup truck, sustaining severe head trauma. He was dead at the scene, troopers said.
Investigators say Mobley, Phillips and several other people, the night before, attended a party at a residence in Lexington, where liquor and beer were consumed. According to witnesses, Mobley and the others fell asleep at various times after midnight.
According to court documents, Mobley’s girlfriend, Shannon Holder, told troopers she woke up at about 6 a.m. to “a bunch of yelling and screaming and talk of beating someone up.”
Holder said Mobley told her to get in the pickup truck with him and Phillips. The pickup, a 1994 Chevrolet, was owned by Phillips, investigators said.
Phillips was driving, Mobley was in the front passenger seat and Holder was in the back seat. According to Holder, as they were traveling east of town, Mobley began complaining about Phillips’ erratic driving and made Phillips pull over and get into the passenger seat. Mobley got into the driver’s seat, she said.
Mobley was driving westbound on Moffatt Road around 6:20 a.m., ran off the north side of the roadway, overcorrected and rolled the pickup truck just east of the intersection of 84th and Moffatt Road, investigators said.
Michael McMillen, an officer with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, was driving nearby at the time of the accident and said he saw the pickup turned on its driver’s side, with Mobley exiting from the passenger’s side. Mobley appeared intoxicated and unsteady on his feet, McMillen said.
McMillen said he saw Holder standing up inside the pickup, and Phillips underneath the vehicle. McMillen said he assisted Mobley in pulling the victim from beneath the vehicle. Phillips had no signs of life, he said.
Holder and Mobley initially told troopers Phillips was driving and Mobley the front seat passenger. Once Holder and Mobley were separated, Holder told troopers Mobley was driving and had told her to lie to the troopers, investigators said.
As the investigation continued, investigators learned Mobley had been placed on a five-year suspended sentence May 24, 2006, for charges of driving under the influence of alcohol; operating a motor vehicle under revocation; and failure to carry valid owner’s security verification in vehicle.
“Based on the reconstruction of the collision and eyewitness testimony, it is evident that Glen Mobley was the driver…
“The investigation indicates that Mobley’s actions resulted in the death of Brian Phillips,” according to a court affidavit submitted by Highway Patrol Lt. Chad Bradley.
Tom Blakey
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