A 28-year-old Midway man, who screamed obscenities and fought with deputies at the court complex in both May and July, had his probation revoked in a 2018 case and was sentenced to six years in prison during a session of Baxter County Circuit Court Monday.
The petition to revoke Tyler Hutton’s probation in the 2018 case — where he had received six years probation on a charge of domestic battery — was filed in early July.
In the older case, Hutton was accused of choking the victim and shoving his fingers into her eyes.
In early January, he is accused of domestic battery stemming from an altercation with the same woman involved in the 2018 incident. It was the altercation in January that triggered the revocation in the first case involving the couple.
The petition was also amended to add the first incident at the court complex.
Hutton’s charges stemming from the disturbance included second-degree battery on a police officer, impairing the operation of a vital public facility and disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor.
On Monday, a hearing was held in which Hutton and the woman involved in both the 2018 and 2021 cases — April Raymond testified.
Hutton’s recitation of events and the story told by the woman painted a very different picture of what had happened on January 6.
In his telling, Hutton alleged Raymond had been the aggressor. He said during the incident, she had armed herself with steak knives, and the only actions he took were focused protecting himself and the children in the apartment.
Raymond testified that Hutton was the instigator. She said they had been in her bedroom when an argument began.
She said Hutton choked her. At one point she told the court she had managed to free herself, but that Hutton had grabbed her, threw her on the bed and began choking her again.
At one point, the couple’s child entered the room and Hutton was said to have stopped the attack. When Hutton released the woman, she said she went to the kitchen and armed herself with a steak knife for protection.
Hutton said he had barricaded himself in the bedroom to “get away from her.” He said he knew if he left the room, “I would have to be going through steak knives.”
Hutton who was sitting at the defense table with his public defender spoke up often with objections to and comments on Raymond’s testimony.
Raymond testified that Hutton had left the apartment and “walked up the road and left,” but Hutton said he did not flee, but only went to an apartment next door to Raymond’s.
Hutton said at one point, he had seen Raymond “smack” his son in the face and became upset.
He said he did hit Raymond in the buttock with his fist when he saw her allegedly strike his son. “I then put her outside, it was self defense.”
Hutton testified that the couple had had other fights and claimed he had been “stabbed with knives and forks.”
When Deputy Prosecutor Kerry Chism began to ask Hutton questions, including his history of domestic violence, it sparked a rapid and profanity laced verbal tantrum.
Hutton said at one point he did not leave the apartment earlier because that would have left the children unprotected.
After Hutton calmed down, he apologized to the court “for my behavior, but I want you to know I am not guilty, I have told you the truth.”
In May and July, Hutton fought with deputies who had brought him to the court complex for scheduled appearances.
In both incidents, Hutton was reported to have been calm until “he just snapped,” began to fight and spew obscenities until he was subdued and returned to jail, according to a deputy with the Baxter County Sheriff’s office.
In the May incident, according to court records, Hutton first spoke to his attorney in the holding area behind the courtroom.
After the attorney walked away, Hutton was reported to have begun “yelling obscenities and causing a general disturbance,” according to a Baxter County Sheriff’s Office incident report.
Hutton is also reported to have been in trouble for domestic violence in California, according to the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office.
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