--- title: Texas Man Crashes Truck Into Hotel Lobby in Oklahoma description: He reportedly had a dispute with hotel staff over a contested refund canonical: https://time.com/4150108/texas-truck-hotel-lobby/ author: Victor Luckerson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-15T19:58:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:23:53.200Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Texas Man Crashes Truck Into Hotel Lobby og:description: He reportedly had a dispute with hotel staff over a contested refund og:url: https://time.com/4150108/texas-truck-hotel-lobby/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cc5a89171a6a9eb/69887571e20a873f0ea8ea81/screen-shot-2015-12-15-at-2-56-50-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-12-15 at 2.56.50 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Texas Man Crashes Truck Into Hotel Lobby twitter:description: He reportedly had a dispute with hotel staff over a contested refund twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cc5a89171a6a9eb/69887571e20a873f0ea8ea81/screen-shot-2015-12-15-at-2-56-50-pm.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Texas Man Crashes Truck Into Hotel Lobby by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Dec 15, 2015 7:58 PM CUT  A man driving a pickup truck crashes into a hotel lobby in Alva, Okla. by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Dec 15, 2015 7:58 PM CUT A man intentionally rammed his truck into the lobby of a Comfort Inn and Suites in Alva, Oklahoma last week, according to police. John Parsley, 62, had a dispute with hotel workers over a contested refund shortly before the incident, [_People_](http://www.people.com/article/texas-man-faces-charges-allegedly-smashing-pickup-truck-hotel-lobby "undefined") reports. Surveillance footage from the lobby shows a pair of hotel staffers leaping for cover as Parsley’s pick-up truck crashes through the front door, sending debris flying. Parsley, a resident of Gonzales, Texas, will face charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and malicious injury to property over $1,000\. He caused more than $100,000 worth of damage, the hotel’s manager said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4150108/texas-truck-hotel-lobby/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4150108/texas-truck-hotel-lobby/"},"headline":"Texas Man Crashes Truck Into Hotel Lobby","datePublished":"2015-12-15T19:58:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:23:53.200Z","description":"He reportedly had a dispute with hotel staff over a contested refund","url":"https://time.com/4150108/texas-truck-hotel-lobby/","keywords":["Texas","Crime","Oklahoma","cars","Hotels","Crash"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cc5a89171a6a9eb/69887571e20a873f0ea8ea81/screen-shot-2015-12-15-at-2-56-50-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cc5a89171a6a9eb/69887571e20a873f0ea8ea81/screen-shot-2015-12-15-at-2-56-50-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-12-15 at 2.56.50 PM","caption":"","creditText":"A man driving a pickup truck crashes into a hotel lobby in Alva, Okla.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4150108/texas-truck-hotel-lobby/","name":"Texas Man Crashes Truck Into Hotel Lobby"}}]}] ```