Suspect in killing had been called ‘substantial risk’
TULSA — Less than three months before a 37-yearold man was shot on his front porch Friday evening, Tulsa County prosecutors deemed the man suspected of killing him “a substantial risk to the public.”
Prosecutors had tried to keep Stanley Vernon Majors, 61, in jail while he awaited trial on an assault charge alleging that he drove his vehicle into Haifa Jabara in September, but he was granted bond and released in May.
Court records show a history of conflict between Majors and the family of his next-door neighbor Jabara, who was granted a protective order against him in November 2013 after telling a Tulsa County judge that he had harassed her and “is very racist toward foreigners and blacks.”
Majors was prohibited from going near Jabara or her home or possessing firearms for five years.
But now, he is accused of fatally shooting her son, Khalid Jabara, at the family’s south Tulsa home.
Majors, who also uses his middle name, Vernon, as a first name, had been ordered to remain 300 yards away from Haifa Jabara and her home.
He was prohibited from having any contact with her and from possessing firearms until November 2018.
Majors was charged with violating Haifa Jabara’s protective order in March 2015 after she told police he had yelled racial slurs at her in her driveway and threatened to kill her.
Majors was charged with misdemeanor counts of violating the protective order and obstructing an officer, and he posted bond and was released from jail. His trial in that case is set for Oct. 3.
Last Sept. 12, prosecutors say Majors hit Haifa Jabara with a car in the 8700 block of E 95th Street and then left even though she had a broken shoulder and other injuries.
He was charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon, leaving the scene of a collision involving injury, violating a protective order and public intoxication.
Civil lawsuit
In March, a civil lawsuit stemming from the collision was filed against Majors in Tulsa County. The suit, filed by plaintiffs Haifa Jabara and Mounah Jabara, is still pending and seeks actual and punitive damages totaling $600,000.
In the civil case Majors is also listed by the last name Schmauss. Court records show that he was married to Stephen Anthony Schmauss in December 2014.
Majors initially had been denied bail on the assault charge, but after he had spent eight months in jail, his bail was set by District Judge William LaFortune.
Majors was released from custody on bond, and Assistant District Attorney Brett Mize responded with a motion asking LaFortune to reconsider bond or increase it on the assault count, which was set at $30,000, on top of the $10,600 bond on the other counts.
In addition to describing the violent allegations against Majors, the motion says he has “demonstrated a wanton disregard for the life of the victim and the safety of the public.”