Lawton man bound for trial for physical, sexual child abuse allegations

Following a preliminary hearing Friday, a Lawton man has been bound over for trial for allegations of physically and sexually abusing his children.

At the end of testimony and evidence presentation, Comanche County Special District Judge Susan Zwann bound Damon Andrew Hoover, 46, over for trial for six counts of child abuse, five counts of child sexual abuse, three counts of forcible sodomy and a count of assault with a dangerous weapon, records indicate.

Hoover and his partner, Lynn Sanchez, 33, were charged in June 2024. Sanchez received a felony charge of enabling child abuse.

Lawton police first received a call May 28, 2024, to Urban Air, 5324 Cache Road, after a 15-year-old boy told the venue manager that he and his sister had been abused by Hoover, the probable cause affidavit states.

The teen boy told investigators his 11-year-old sister told him Hoover has been “raping me,” Detective Sedona Warren stated. The girl, who is being home schooled, told him Hoover had been having “full blown sex” with her since she was 4 years old, along with other forms of sexual abuse, according to the affidavit. He also said Hoover also made the girl and his 13-year-old brother have inappropriate contact and that he would watch.

The boy also told of using a bat, hangers and hands to hit him and his brother as well as using a Taser on them as punishment, the affidavit states. During her forensic interview, the girl confirmed the abuse, according to investigators.

Sanchez told police Hoover yells at and spanks the children but had never used anything beside a charging cord, belt or his hand to hit them, the affidavit states. There had been a past DHS report over the girl having a red mark on her buttocks from being spanked with a belt, she told Warren.

Hoover told Warren he is a “stay-at-home dad” while Sanchez works and denied the abuse allegations. He said he would make the boys run “10-15” laps in the backyard as punishment, the affidavit states. He admitted to owning a Taser and a baseball bat but denied any sexual abuse.

Held on $100,000 bond, Sanchez’s preliminary hearing is at 11 a.m. Jan. 21, according to records.

Hoover is being held on $250,000 bond. He returns to court before District Judge Jay Walker at 9 a.m. Jan. 27 for his formal arraignment.