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'Serial killer' pleads guilty to killing Norman man, gets life without parole
BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.comNORMAN — A man described by a criminal profiler as a serial killer pleaded guilty Wednesday to the November stabbing death of retired social worker Clair Owen...
View ArticleOfficer charged in Arkansas teen's shooting death
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A police officer who fatally shot a 15-year-old Arkansas boy was charged with felony manslaughter Friday after investigators determined his account of the incident didn't match...
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Man fatally shoots 1, wounds other at Ky. meeting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville man who was having zoning trouble with the fence around his house shot and killed a neighbor and critically injured another at a homeowners association meeting...
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Hearing set for men charged in Carina Saunders' death
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSA hearing is scheduled in Oklahoma County district court for two men accused in the death of a 19-year-old woman whose body was dismembered. Tuesday's hearing for 34-year-old...
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Shaun White charged with public intox, vandalism
By TRAVIS LOLLERNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two-time Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Shaun White faces charges of public intoxication and vandalism, accused of drunkenly destroying a phone at a Nashville...
View ArticleIndictment charges Oklahoma woman with 2003 killing
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Pawnee County woman is accused of beating a man to death with a baseball bat in 2003. A multicounty grand jury indictment charging 31-year-old Amanda Sanders-Bolstad with...
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Five weekend homicides in Oklahoma City add to year's growing count
BY JULIANA KEEPING jkeeping@opubco.comFive dead at four weekend shootings in under 48 hours has added to Oklahoma City's climbing homicide count, which, at 66, already has eclipsed the number of...
View ArticleOklahoma City attorney reprimanded after alcohol arrests
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City attorney who was arrested three times on alcohol-related charges — including once when he spit on a police officer — has been given a public reprimand by a divided...
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Two arrested after one punched a police officer at Oklahoma State Fair
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comTwo men were arrested after a fight at the Oklahoma State Fair, and one is accused of punching a police officer. Michael Anthony Walter, 19, was arrested...
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Man accused of pushing sister, taking oxygen tank
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comAn Oklahoma City man is accused of pushing his disabled sister and taking her oxygen tank during an argument, court papers show. Paul Allen Zobisch, 31, was charged...
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Edmond man is accused of shooting at taxi driver
BY DIANA BALDWIN dbaldwin@opubco.comEDMOND — A man is facing felony complaints after an Edmond taxi driver reported to police he was shot at when he took a passenger to 2 N Douglas. Tyler Ray Scott,...
View Article2 Oklahoma women face charges in burglary death
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSHOLLIS — Prosecutors have filed first-degree murder charges against two women whose alleged accomplice was shot and killed during a reported home burglary in Vinson. Prosecutors...
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Charges to be filed soon in Creek County wildfires, prosecutor says
BY SUSAN HYLTON - Tulsa WorldSAPULPA - Creek County authorities plan to charge a suspect in the devastating wildfires last month that burned 58,500 acres, destroyed 376 homes and left hundreds...
View ArticleReward offered in disappearance of Oklahoma man
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSBROKEN ARROW — Authorities in Broken Arrow are searching for a man who was last seen Aug. 10 in the Tulsa area. Broken Arrow police say an anonymous donor has offered a $15,000...
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Man confesses to fatally shooting Norman woman, police say
BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.comNORMAN — An Oklahoma City man confessed to shooting Mary Ellyn Benavidez last week in her residence, telling police he had gone there to confront her son but that...
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Pharmacy store robber is arrested again in Oklahoma City
FROM STAFF REPORTSOne of the robbers in the botched Oklahoma City pharmacy robbery that resulted in the shooting death of his friend in 2009 has been arrested again, only weeks after his release from...
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Teen arrested on complaint of firing gun at police officer in Oklahoma City
BY ROBERT MEDLEY AND JULIANA KEEPING Staff WritersAn Oklahoma City teen accused of firing a gun at police was jailed early Wednesday on two complaints of shooting with intent to kill. Police said the...
View ArticleSlain Buffalo Valley woman's family doubles OSBI reward
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comTALIHINA — The reward in the 2008 homicide of a 67-year-old Latimer County woman has been doubled to $20,000. Marie Dighton, 67, was found with her throat...
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Ill. man charged with trying to bomb Chicago bar
CHICAGO (AP) — A young man accused of trying to ignite what he thought was a car bomb outside a Chicago bar was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday and ordered held in jail without bond. Adel...
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Ill. man convicted of killing family on road trip
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Jurors deliberated for less than an hour Thursday before convicting a suburban Chicago man of fatally shooting his wife and three children during what he told them was a road trip...
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