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Family of deaf man shot by police call for arrest, investigation

September 22, 2017, 7:34 pm
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By Josh Wallace Staff Writer jwallace@oklahoman.com

The family of a 35-year-old deaf and developmentally disabled man shot Tuesday by Oklahoma City police are criticizing the department, calling for an officer's arrest and asking for independent investigations.

In a statement released Friday, the family of Magdiel Sanchez said they are devastated by the death of “a friendly and kind young man, (who) was widely loved by his family, friends and the community in which he lived.”

“It is truly unconscionable that a man in Magdiel's condition and circumstances would be killed by the very people who the community looks to for protection," said the statement released by the family's attorneys, Melvin C. Hall and Damario Solomon-Simmons.

The family also criticized Oklahoma City Police Chief Bill Citty, accusing him of tainting the shooting investigation by “making unfounded assertions not supported by facts.”

Police say Sgt.

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Ellis County deputy shot Saturday

September 23, 2017, 5:38 pm
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FROM STAFF REPORTS

FARGO — An Ellis County deputy was wounded after being shot while checking on a resident Saturday afternoon.

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Chief Ricky Adams said the deputy, whose name has not been released, was shot in the leg.

According to the Woodward News, the deputy was responding to a welfare check request at a home northwest of Fargo when he was shot.

The shooter, who has not been identified, barricaded himself inside the home.

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Detectives develop discipline discerning doomed dolls' demises

September 22, 2017, 2:45 am
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By David Montgomery The Washington Post 

It was murder most foul in the parsonage. Detective Mark Titanski of the Worcester County, Maryland, Sheriff's Office switched on a flashlight and scanned the scene: The body of a high school student in a yellow dress lay faceup.

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Ellis County standoff ends with house fire, shooter dead

September 24, 2017, 4:35 pm
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FARGO — A more than nine-hour standoff in northwest Oklahoma ended Saturday night with a house fire and the person suspected of shooting a deputy dead.

The standoff started after Ellis County sheriff's deputy Dave Thomas was shot in the leg.

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Police Monday searching for pawn shop burglar, guns stolen in west Oklahoma City

September 25, 2017, 4:02 am
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FROM STAFF REPORTS

Police are searching Monday for a man after a pawn shop was burglarized and guns were stolen in west Oklahoma City, a police spokesman said.

About 5:20 a.m.

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Anger, frustration expressed at rally for deaf man killed by police

September 25, 2017, 4:15 am
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By Josh Wallace Staff Writer jwallace@oklahoman.com

A diverse group numbering more than 100 gathered Sunday outside the steps of Oklahoma City City Hall to protest the shooting death of Magdiel Sanchez.

Deaf and developmentally disabled, Sanchez was killed Tuesday night by an Oklahoma City police officer.

“We don't have to take this madness anymore,” said Michael Washington, of Oklahoma City, as he stood under a tree waiting for the Justice for Magdiel Sanchez rally to begin.

“I don't know what was on that officer's mind.

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Authorities investigate how baby boy was left along I-40 near Peebly and Choctaw Road

September 25, 2017, 4:35 am
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FROM STAFF REPORTS

Authorities are investigating how a baby boy Saturday was left in a car seat in eastern Oklahoma City.

The boy was spotted by passers-by along Interstate 40 near Peebly Road. 

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Police investigating Friday night shooting death in Oklahoma City

September 25, 2017, 10:05 am
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Police are investigating a Friday night shooting death in Oklahoma City that left one man dead and another man in jail.

Joshua Williams, 28, was shot and killed about 7:50 p.m.

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Police investigating northeast Oklahoma City homicide

September 25, 2017, 11:44 am
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Police are investigating a shooting death in northeast Oklahoma City.

Noah Ruff, 33, was shot about 2:45 p.m.

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Four charged in alleged Oklahoma massage parlor prostitution ring

September 25, 2017, 3:24 pm
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By Brianna Bailey Staff Writer bbailey@oklahoman.com

Four Chinese nationals face conspiracy and pandering charges in connection with an alleged network of illicit massage parlors in Oklahoma City and Lawton.

The ringleader of the massage enterprise is believed to be Binghua Lu, 64.

Lu also has had ties to massage businesses in Spring, Texas and Houston, according to a probable cause affidavit.

Police have received repeated complaints about massage businesses affiliated with Lu since at least 2009, records show.

Three alleged illicit massage businesses in Oklahoma City with ties to Lu are identified in court records as Prestige Massage, 7864 S Western; China Rose Health Center, 546 E Memorial and New Style Chinese Massage, 1565 SW 44.

All three businesses are registered to Lu, but only Prestige Massage still has a valid business license with Oklahoma City.

Until Lu is convicted, there's little the city can do to revoke the business license, said Meagan Armstrong, who oversees business licensing for Oklahoma City.

"Usually it takes multiple cases, multiple arrests before the revocation can actually take place," Armstrong said.

Also charged in the case are Dong Xiao Li, 38, Ying Wang, 54, and Juan Gao, 55, who are accused of helping Lu operate the massage parlors.

Oklahoma City police arrested Wang in November 2015 at Prestige Massage after she allegedly agreed to perform a sex act on an undercover police detective in exchange for $40.

Wang was arrested again in June at the same massage parlor for a similar offense.

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Takeaways from Monday’s court proceedings in 2014 beheading case

September 26, 2017, 8:19 am
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By Darla Slipke

Jurors heard testimony Monday from the first three defense witnesses during the murder trial of Alton Alexander Nolen, who is accused of beheading one of his co-workers and trying to behead another in September 2014 at Vaughan Foods in Moore.

Read a full story about Monday's court proceedings here.

Here are a couple takeaways:

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Psychologist testifies

A defense psychologist testified that Nolen has a mental illness that developed sometime before his attack at the Moore food plant.

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Oklahoma City man arrested on arson complaint

September 26, 2017, 9:50 am
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From Staff Reports

An Oklahoma City man is being held on an arson complaint after authorities said he started a fire at a northeast Oklahoma City home.

About 4:40 p.m.

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Yukon man charged with murder after friend’s heroin overdose

September 26, 2017, 4:06 pm
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YUKON — A man has been charged with murder after his friend died of a heroin overdose at his house in July.

Jeffrey Burton Harper was arrested Monday after being charged in Canadian County District Court on counts of first-degree murder and second-degree murder in the death of Brandon Schofield, 24.

On July 6, Yukon police responded to a home in the 200 block of Paul Avenue where paramedics were attempting to revive Schofield, who died shortly after, according to a court affidavit.

Harper initially told investigators that he had picked up Schofield the day before and that they'd returned to his home, drank beer and played guitar until about midnight, then fallen asleep.

He said when he woke the next day for work Schofield was “groggy” and did not want to wake up.

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Crime briefs

September 26, 2017, 5:09 pm
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From Staff Reports

OKLAHOMA CITY

House fire spurs arson arrest

An Oklahoma City man is being held on an arson complaint after authorities said he started a fire at a northeast Oklahoma City home.

About 4:40 p.m.

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Baby's case is still under investigation, but in the mean time, thousands of other children need emergency placement and adoptive parents

September 26, 2017, 5:08 pm
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By Juliana Keeping Staff Writer jkeeping@oklahoman.com

The story of a baby found abandoned along Interstate 40 in eastern Oklahoma City has prompted dozens of emails and calls from people who want to adopt the child.

The boy had a Social Security card, birth certificate and $5,500 cash with him in his car seat when spotted on the shoulder of the highway just before 4 p.m.

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Crescent man arrested in lewd molestation case, OSBI reports

September 27, 2017, 5:11 am
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CRESCENT - Investigators are looking into the possibility there could be more victims in a lewd molestation case, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation reports.

A man was arrested Tuesday on complaints of  lewd  molestation, and his uncle arrested on a complaint of witness intimidation, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation reports.

The case involves five children, OSBI reports. OSBI is continuing to investigate the case to determine if there are  more victims, according to an OSBI news release. 

Tyler Wayne Cook, 22, is in the Logan County jail on $150,000 bail on lewd molestation complaints.

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Takeaways from Tuesday's court proceedings in 2014 beheading case

September 27, 2017, 8:51 am
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Staff Reports

Read a full story about Tuesday's court proceedings here.

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Psychologist testifies

Jeanne Russell, a Tulsa psychologist, told jurors Tuesday that Nolen was insane at the time of the attack because of mental illness and is getting sicker. 

Russell, who is a former director of psychology at the state mental hospital in Vinita, known as the Oklahoma Forensic Center, evaluated Nolen during visits at the jail in May and June of 2015.

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Donations pour in for woman who lost job after shooting robbery suspect

September 27, 2017, 9:07 am
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Nearly $10,000 has been raised as of Tuesday night for a mother of three who lost her job at an Albuquerque, N.M., gas station after shooting an armed robbery suspect.


Jennifer Wertz said the suspect pointed a gun at her at a Circle K gas station last week, forcing her to defend herself.

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Family of slain Oklahoma City bookstore owner raising money for investigation

September 27, 2017, 12:57 pm
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Robert Medley

The brother of an Oklahoma City bookstore owner found dead in his burned-out shop said a fund has been set up to assist in an ongoing investigation.

Kelly Hays, 66, the owner of 30 Penn Books, 3023 N Pennsylvania Ave., was found lying dead under a pile of books September 14 inside the store he'd opened in 2000.

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Ex-TU student showed off video of sexual assault, witness says

September 27, 2017, 3:47 pm
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By Samantha Vicent Tulsa World Staff Writer Samantha Vicent

A former University of Tulsa student who is charged in a series of campus sex crimes and burglaries last year laughed while showing a friend a video he took of himself raping a woman who had passed out in his friends’ apartment, testimony at a preliminary hearing revealed Tuesday.

Fifteen witnesses testified against 20-year-old Luis Molina, who is accused of one count each of second-degree rape by instrumentation, first-degree attempted rape and peeping tom with photographic or electronic equipment.

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