OKC church pastor beaten and robbed, suspect arrested at gunpoint

A man accused of beating and robbing an Oklahoma City pastor was taken down at gunpoint.

Wednesday, January 15th 2025, 5:26 pm

By: Sylvia Corkill


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A man accused of beating and robbing an Oklahoma City pastor was taken down at gunpoint.

Christopher Stone was driving a stolen pickup last month when Flock camera alerted Edmond Police.

Stone has been charged with viciously attacking a pastor in his own church--- bum-rushing his way inside after banging on the doors---while feigning a medical episode.

Dec. 16 just after 10 p.m., Edmond police officers ordered Christopher Stone out of a vehicle.

Police: Touch the roof!   
Police: Open your door with one hand!              
Police: keep coming, down on your knees.      
Police: What's going on? Whose car is this?   
Stone: Friends.

 Stone claimed he had borrowed the truck from a friend whose name he could hardly pronounce.

Police: What's his name?          
Stone: Pastor Placem.
Police: What is it?
Stone: Pastor Peytnem.
Police: Who?!

Stone told police his supposed friend was a church pastor.

Police: He's a pastor somewhere? 
Stone: Yeah. 
Police: Where's he a pastor at? 
Stone: I forget the name of the church.             

Police eventually were able to contact the truck’s owner — who reported it stolen just hours before. The owner, a pastor at a Church in Oklahoma City, described seeing a man hanging around the church gazebo. He said the man — who he had never seen before began knocking on the church’s windows and doors — and then rushed inside. The victim told police Stone "punched him in his face repeatedly about 20 times,” and said after he fell to the ground the assault continued. 

Police: They said it was stolen out of OKC, right?
Police: Yeah, by a force or fear robbery.    

Reports show the pastor called 911 after Stone made off with his wallet and truck.

He was taken to the hospital by ambulance.

News 9 was not able to reach him.

Sylvia Corkill

Sylvia Corkill joined the News 9 team in October of 2016. If you're an early bird you can see her reporting weekdays in the field or at the desk filling in.

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