Oklahoma City man receives probation for IRS violation in connection with...
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comA card dealer has been put on probation for a tax crime involving his tips from Teddy Mitchell's illegal poker games. Michael Lee McCullah, 35, pleaded guilty in Oklahoma...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for Sept. 11
Crime briefs Oklahoma City Shawnee man sentenced to 71/2 years in prison A Shawnee man was sentenced to 7 years and six months in federal prison after pleading guilty to repeatedly burning a...
View ArticleA second warrant is filed in suspected gun trafficking case in Chickasha, OK
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comCHICKASHA — A second search warrant in a suspected firearms trafficking case was filed in federal court Tuesday. No charges have been filed.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleOklahoma woman pleads no contest to role in husband's death
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSALLISAW — A woman accused of having a role in her husband's death in eastern Oklahoma has entered a no contest plea to being an accessory to first-degree murder. Raelynne...
View ArticleOklahoma woman pleads no contest to charge she murdered husband
BY SHEILA STOGSDILL For The OklahomanSALLISAW — A woman who thought her husband had a $1 million life insurance policy pleaded no contest to murder charges in connection with this death, a prosecutor...
View ArticleBaby injured in northwest Oklahoma City hit-and-run
FROM STAFF REPORTSPolice are investigating a three-vehicle hit-and-run accident in northwest Oklahoma City. Three people were injured in the accident, including a 9-month-old baby, police said. The...
View ArticleWife's shooting death was a joke gone awry, Seminole County husband says
FROM STAFF REPORTSWEWOKA — A husband told investigators he had been drinking whiskey and taking medication when he pointed a revolver at his wife as a joke to scare her before he pulled the trigger and...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for Sept. 12
Crime briefs Sallisaw Woman pleads no contest in husband's death A woman who thought her husband had a $1 million life insurance policy pleaded no contest to murder charges in connection with this...
View Article2 life sentences for Comanche County jail escapee
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLAWTON — A man who escaped the Comanche County jail nearly 15 years ago while awaiting trial on two murder charges has received two life sentences after pleading guilty in the...
View ArticleLawyers hope to wrap up case in Tulsa slayings
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTULSA — Tulsa prosecutors have resumed putting on evidence in their case against two brothers accused of robbing four women, then shooting them to death, last January....
View ArticleTwo arrested in Oklahoma meth investigation
FROM STAFF REPORTSCUSHING — A man and a woman have been arrested on illegal drug complaints after of a house near Cushing Memorial Park, law officers report Thursday. Allen Lee Harmon, 54, and Rita...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs, Sept. 13
CRIME BRIEFS OKLAHOMA CITY Robbery suspects accused again Two men charged with a liquor store robbery that ended in an August shoot-out are accused of a second armed robbery two days earlier in...
View ArticleReport: Oklahoma leads nation in percentage of cuts to school funding
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comSchool officials reacted with concern Thursday after the release of a report that shows Oklahoma leads the nation in the percentage of spending cuts per student since...
View ArticleOklahoma doctor disciplined for using Skype to treat patients
BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.comA doctor living in far eastern Oklahoma was disciplined Thursday for prescribing violations and using Skype to treat patients under his care. Dr.Read more on...
View ArticleTulsa doctor alleges smear campaign is at root of his case
BY JACLYN COSGROVE jcosgrove@opubco.comAmid allegations of patients who were paralyzed, died or underwent unnecessary medical treatment, a Tulsa orthopedic surgeon left a state medical board hearing on...
View ArticleTwo ordered to stand trial in Oklahoma quadruple slaying
TULSA (AP) — Two brothers accused of robbing and shooting four women to death in January should stand trial on first-degree murder charges, a judge ruled Friday in Tulsa district court. Cedric Poore...
View ArticleMan wanted for murder in Mexico charged in Oklahoma
TULSA (AP) — A Mexican national wanted for murder in Mexico has been arrested and indicted in Oklahoma for illegally re-entering the United States. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Friday...
View ArticleMan sentenced to prison in Oklahoma for Ponzi scheme
TULSA (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to running a scheme involving fraudulent oil and gas investments in Oklahoma. Federal prosecutors said Friday...
View ArticleUPDATE: Lawton police release name of man arrested after body found buried in...
BY BRYAN DEAN and ROBERT MEDLEY9:25 a.m. David Lee Baird, 63, of 1717 Irwin Ave., was arrested on a homicide complaint and is being held in the Lawton city jail, a city records division supervisor said...
View ArticleTulsa police releases 911 recordings sought by Tulsa World
BY ANDREA EGER, TULSA WORLDThe Tulsa Police Department has released 911 recordings previously denied to the Tulsa World by the city’s legal department. “The entire issue over the 911 call involving the...
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