Guthrie man arrested seven times in four months

 

A Guthrie man has consistently found himself in trouble with the law seven times in the past four months and has been arrested nine times in the past 15 months.

Matthew Lee Taylor, 22, of Guthrie, has been taken into custody seven times since June for public intoxication. His first arrest came on June 4 with his latest coming on Oct. 18.

Taylor has pleaded guilty to six of the charges, has pleaded no contest twice and has a court hearing on his latest arrest on Nov. 2.

Of the nine arrests, Taylor has been charged with one felony when he attempted to rob a subject at a fast food parking lot in Nov. 2011. He was spotted wearing a red Elmo mask and police later found a folding knife when conducting a search. He was sentenced to 10 years with the Department of Corrections with six months suspended in the county jail.

Just days after being released from jail, Taylor was arrested for public intoxication for narcotics. He admitted to officers he had taken Dextromethorphan and Chlorpheniramine. He was sentenced to a $50 fine and to pay court costs.

Taylor was arrested two days later and then again 20 days after that to mark his third arrest in the month of June 2012.

In August, Taylor was taken into custody after vomiting twice at a convenience store and was later found to be under the influence. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, a fine and court costs.

In September, he was spotted in Mineral Wells while under the influence.

Taylor has been arrested twice this month. On Oct. 10 he admitted to be “drunk on cough syrup” to the arresting officer.

Taylor’s first arrest came in June 2011 when he later pleaded guilty to petit larceny after taking cold and flu medicine from the pharmacy area of a local grocer. In addition, officers found an energy drink stuffed in his front pocket of his pants.

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