Accused graffiti vandal hospitalized
NORMAN — A woman accused of spray-painting racist graffiti was hospitalized for medical and mental health treatment because of a“possible danger to her health,” a judge ordered.
Allison Christine Johnson was to be “transported back” to the Cleveland County jail upon her release, the order filed Aug. 1 stated.
It was not clear Tuesday whether Johnson is still being treated at a hospital or mental health facility.
A spokeswoman for the Cleveland County sheriff' s office declined to comment, citing privacy concerns.
A preliminary hearing conference for Johnson scheduled for Tuesday to discuss a pending competency evaluation did not take place and had yet to be rescheduled, according to a clerk in the office of Special Judge Scott Brockman.
Johnson, according to an application for determination of competency filed by a previous at t orney, has had a lengthy history of mental health issues and is “incompetent to undergo further proceedings.”
Adam Holcomb, Johnson' s listed attorney, did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment.
Johnson, 45, is charged with one felony count of malicious injury to property, three misdemeanor counts of malicious injury to property and one misdemeanor count of malicious intimidation or harassment.
Prosecutors allege Johnson did more than $1,000 in damage to a sculpture that was de faced outside Norman's Firehouse Art Center on April 3, making it a felony.
She is also accused of spray-painting gr affiti, including swastikas and racial slurs, found on properties that include the Cleveland County Democratic Party Headquarters and McKinley Elementary School.
Johnson confessed to committing the acts in Norman and similar acts of vandalism in Oklahoma City, and said her intention was to “scare Jewish people, and people of different races, other than white ,” a police detective reported in April. “Allison spoke at length about her racist beliefs and her efforts to “wake people up,” the investigator reported in a probable cause affidavit
Since surrendering to Norman police April 4, she has remained in custody, jail records show.