Photo: Tyler Cole Hutton
A 28-year-old Midway man, who screamed obscenities and fought with deputies at the court complex in both May and July, and is also accused of assaulting a woman in January was back in Baxter County Circuit Court Monday.
Tyler Cole Hutton entered a guilty plea to charges in three active criminal cases. The charges included second-degree battery on a police officer, terroristic threatening, impairing the operation of a vital public facility, disorderly conduct, domestic battering and third-degree assault on a family or household member.
He was sentenced to six years in prison.
As opposed to his demeanor during the two court appearances where he cursed and fought with deputies, Hutton stood with his attorney, Sharon Keil with the Public Defender’s office, and was calm and composed during the process.
The earliest of the three cases was filed in January. Hutton was accused of being involved in attacking a woman with whom he had a relationship.
The couple was reported to have a child together. Hutton was also charged with domestic battery in 2018 stemming from a fight with the same woman.
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,” according to a deputy with the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office.
Hutton began to fight and spew obscenities until he was subdued and returned to jail on both occasions.
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 an incident report.
At one point in his tirade, Hutton yelled that he “does not need to be judged.”
In late July, Hutton was again brought to the court complex for an appearance and began screaming at the Baxter County sheriff’s deputy who serves as the transport officer.
Hutton was alleged to have demanded that the charges brought against him in the first incident in the court complex be dropped.
He became increasingly irate when his demands were not met. Hutton challenged the deputy to a fight.
The deputy/transport officer attempted to remove Hutton from the court building and get him back in the prisoner van, but Hutton, although shackled, continued to fight and other officers joined in subduing him.
The new assault on the woman in January triggered a petition to revoke the six-year probation sentence Hutton received stemming from the 2018 assault of the same female.
In the 2018 incident, Hutton was accused of choking the victim and shoving his fingers in her eyes. When she tried to get out of the apartment, Hutton was alleged to have grabbed her by the hair preventing her from leaving.
After a hearing before the court in late August, Hutton’s probation was revoked and he was sentenced to six years in prison.
During the hearing, Hutton, sitting at the defense table with his lawyer, remained calm during most of the proceeding, but started to yell out objections during the testimony of the woman he is alleged to have assaulted.
When Deputy Prosecutor Kerry Chism went into a line of questioning while Hutton was on the stand giving testimony, Hutton began shouting obscenities. He later apologized to the court for his behavior.
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