On August 12th, 2015, Delmar Price, 36, of Denison, pled guilty to a charge of Aggravated Assault of a Deadly Weapon and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The sentence, handed down by 397th District Court Judge Brian Gary, was the product of a plea agreement Price reached with the Grayson County District Attorney’s Office prior to trial.
On the evening of December 4th, 2014, Sherman police responded to two 911 calls made by concerned Grayson County citizens. The 911 callers reported that a tan 4-door Chrysler was all over the road and had almost struck several other vehicles, including the callers. While Sherman Police were in route to intercept the suspect vehicle, witnesses observed it to rear-ended a vehicle at the intersection of Loy Lake and the Highway 75 access road, sending the vehicle and its four occupants through the intersection. One of the occupants in the vehicle sustained significant neck and back injuries.
Sherman Police arrived within a short time and identified the driver of the suspect vehicle as Price. Price was extremely aggressive, cursing officers, refusing to follow commands, and exhibiting signs of intoxication. Officers noted that Price had slurred speech, smelled like alcohol, and had an open container of alcohol in his vehicle. Price refused to provide a sample of his blood for testing. Officer applied for and received a search warrant for the Price’s blood. Laboratory testing determined Price’s blood alcohol content to be .345, over four times the legal limit of .08.
“This was a dangerous situation,” said Grayson County District Attorney Joe Brown. “This man absolutely could have killed someone that night, as drunk as he was. The young man that was hurt in the other car was a college football player at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and his injury from this night prevented him from being able to play in a Division 2 college bowl game.”
Price will not be eligible for parole until at least half of his sentence is served. Assistant District Attorneys Jeremy Wood and Nathan Young prosecuted the case. Price was represented by Sherman attorney Reggie Smith.
