The Daily Ardmoreite
ARDMORE, Okla. (AP) — Authorities say a 44-year-old man who had been booked in the Carter County jail on a public intoxication complaint died one day after his arrest.
Carter County Sheriff Chris Bryant says the man was booked at about 8 a.m.
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From Staff Reports
The Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office released video Tuesday of State Sen. Bryce Marlatt being booked into the Oklahoma County jail.
Marlatt, 40, was booked in to the jail about 9:05 a.m.
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By Kyle Schwab Staff Writer kschwab@oklahoman.com
Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a former executive aide to Gov. Mary Fallin with two criminal offenses stemming from allegations he took upskirt photos during a legislative meeting at the state Capitol.
Travis Goss Brauer, 29, is charged in Oklahoma County District Court with offering false or fraudulent evidence, a felony, and destruction of evidence, a misdemeanor.
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By Kyle Schwab Staff Writer kschwab@oklahoman.com
State Sen. Bryce Marlatt resigned Tuesday, six days after being charged with sexual battery because of an Uber driver's complaint.
In his three-sentence resignation letter, Marlatt, R-Woodward, thanked his constituents but did not admit to any wrongdoing.
The resignation was effective immediately.
"My service on behalf of the people of Northwest and the Panhandle of Oklahoma has been the privilege of my career," Marlatt wrote in the letter delivered to Gov.
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A video showing University of California police ticketing an unlicensed street vendor and seizing money from his wallet at UC Berkeley went viral on social media this weekend, drawing criticism from those who claim the officer went too far by confiscating the man’s money.
Now, a GoFundMe to support the street vendor has collected more than $60,000, as of Tuesday morning.
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(BERKELEY, Calif.) — The Berkeley City Council on Tuesday gave police permission to use pepper spray to repel demonstrators attacking officers and others during violent protests that have repeatedly hit the city this year during political protests.
The 6-3 vote by the council came ahead of another planned speech Thursday at the University of California, Berkeley.
A number of prisoners are still on the run after more than 100 escaped when Hurricane Irma hit the British Virgin Islands.
Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan said there was a "serious threat of the complete breakdown of law and order".
Police and troops have been sent to recapture the prisoners, the Foreign Office said, but some remain at large.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
EDMOND - Police say a University of Central Oklahoma student made a false police report about being abducted and raped Wednesday near the campus.
An alert from UCO was issued early Wednesday.
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Police are looking for the four men involved in a shooting Monday that injured a 72-year-old bystander.
Surveillance photos of the men have been released.
The woman, Glenna Jean Mills, was hit by a stray bullet while driving near the 7-Eleven store at 2912 NW 122 near N May Avenue where a fight took place, officer Megan Morgan said.
The woman was taken to a local hospital to be treated for her injury, Morgan said.
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Tulsa police arrested the man who allegedly shot and killed a 20-year-old woman on a complaint of first-degree manslaughter, Tulsa Police Officer Jeanne MacKenzie said.
Police arrested Xavier Richard Dixon, 21, on the single complaint after interviewing him this morning.
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Last week, eight people fled from authorities after a high-speed chase that began in the Texas Panhandle and ended in Beckham County.
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A man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a shooting in Oklahoma City.
Kyriece Hardeman, 26, was booked into the Oklahoma County jail Tuesday morning on a complaint of assault with a deadly weapon.
About 12:15 a.m., officers responding to a shooting call found Christopher Britt, 31, wounded at the Garden Square Apartments, 7205 Melrose Lane, said Oklahoma City police officer Megan Morgan.
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By Nolan Clay Staff Writer nclay@oklahoman.com
The investigation of former state Sen. Ralph Shortey uncovered evidence he posted Craigslist ads several times "attempting to solicit young males for sexual contact," the FBI reports.
"Need a boy or bromance," he stated in two Craigslist ads, according to the FBI. "Looking for younger the better (legal) white or mixed.
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By Samantha Vicent Tulsa World
Two of the Tulsa Police officers involved in the arrest of a 53-year-old man that left his face bloodied last month discussed their frustration with what they said was his refusal to comply and also mentioned the possibility of a civil suit against them, according to dash cam footage released Wednesday.
The Tulsa Police Department released 14 videos relating to the Aug.
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A U.S. judge on Wednesday ordered Martin Shkreli to be jailed while he awaits sentencing for securities fraud, citing a Facebook post in which the former drug company executive offered a $5,000 reward for a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair.
Shkreli, 34, dubbed the “pharma bro” for exploits that include jacking up the price of a life-saving drug by 5,000 percent, was silent and stony-faced as U.S. marshals led him out of a Brooklyn courtroom.
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Pet owners who abandoned their furry companions during Hurricane Irma could face criminal charges.
“We will find you, and we will prosecute you,” said Dave Aronberg, the state prosecutor for Palm Beach County in Florida.
Leaving a pet behind to fend for itself during a major storm “is a prime example of animal cruelty”, Mr Aronberg told the New York Post.
Robert Medley
PAWNEE — A prosecutor is investigating a video of a roadside fight taken Sunday that has gone viral and led to the arrest of two people.
Kyle Alderson, Pawnee County assistant district attorney, said he has reviewed a video of the attack that was posted on YouTube.
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A little more than a month after his brother was arrested for trafficking marijuana, another man with the last name Weed was arrested Tuesday after police said they found a large amount of the drug in a car he was driving.
Officers had been monitoring a house in the 2900 block of Shirley Lane where they were tipped off about a possible drug delivery.
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Robert Medley
STILLWATER — An Oklahoma State University student who says an angry driver held a knife to his throat Sunday during a roadside fight in Pawnee County said Thursday he hopes a video of the attack leads to justice.
Camden Rader, 21, of Yukon, was with a group of OSU students who were riding motorcycles in Pawnee County about 5 miles southeast of Pawnee Sunday when a road rage incident turned violent.
“I just want people to pay for their actions,” Rader said.
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By ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A psychiatrist was stabbed to death in an alley behind his holistic practice in Kansas and a man identified as one of his patients has been arrested in the killing, police said Thursday.
Achutha Reddy, 57, was killed in the attack Wednesday evening at the Holistic Psychiatry Services clinic in Wichita.
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