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Grandmother accused of smoking pot in front of Edmond 4-year-old
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comEDMOND — An Edmond 4-year-old's grandmother and great aunt are accused of smoking marijuana in front of the child, police said. Sandra Martinez, 53, and...
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Judge approves $350,000 settlement of Oklahoma DHS lawsuit
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comOklahoma is paying $350,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that blamed DHS for a 6-year-old girl's death. The girl's mother, Christina Marie Potter, sued the Oklahoma...
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Oklahoma officer says he did not want to shoot teen
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Testimony has concluded in the trial of an Oklahoma police captain charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. Testimony ended Monday after Del City...
View ArticleSentencing in Teddy Mitchell gambling case postponed
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comTeddy Mitchell's sentencing has been postponed to Jan. 9. Mitchell, 59, pleaded guilty in July in Oklahoma City federal court to involvement in an illegal offshore...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for Nov. 26, 2013
Crime briefs Oklahoma City Unidentified man shot, found dead A Monday morning shooting left a man dead in southwest Oklahoma City, police said.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Jurors deadlocked in Del City police captain's manslaughter trial
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comJurors were deadlocked on the fate of Del City police Capt. Randy Trent Harrison and were excused from the courthouse in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Judge...
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KJRH: Authorities search for escapee from Vinita's Northeast Oklahoma...
VINITA - Authorities are searching for a man who escaped from an Oklahoma prison Sunday, reports KJRH. Stephen Barbee likely walked away from the minimum-security facility which has ... H/T:...
View ArticleTexas wanted list sex offender caught in Oklahoma
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAUSTIN, Texas — A convicted felon on the Texas Department of Public Safety's 10 Most Wanted sex offender list has been caught in Oklahoma after fleeing from a Dallas halfway...
View ArticleEscaped inmate surrenders in Delaware County
From Staff ReportsJAY — An escaped inmate on the run for two days surrendered to authorities on Tuesday without incident, the Delaware County Sheriff's Department said. Stephen Wayne Barbee surrendered...
View ArticleVerdict reached in Del City police captain's trial
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comThe judge in Del City police Capt. Randy Harrison's manslaughter trial denied a motion for mistrial, excused an uncooperative juror and sent the jury with an alternate...
View ArticleAunt charged in Tulsa children's fire deaths
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The aunt of two young girls who died in a south Tulsa apartment fire was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder for the deaths. Miashah Chantell Moses, 23, was originally...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for Nov. 27, 2013
Crime Briefs Oklahoma City Victim's name is released Oklahoma City police have released the name of a man found shot to death Monday morning.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Oklahoma lawmaker seeks to deter 'knockout game'
BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comA state lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that would increase criminal penalties for anyone who participates in a brutal new national fad called the “knockout...
View ArticleMan injured in shooting at Norman apartment complex
From Staff Reports Norman Man injured in shooting A man was shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex Tuesday night before driving himself to a restaurant where he was found by police, officials...
View ArticleDHS takes custody of 6 Tulsa children after homicides
BY JARREL WADE - Tulsa WorldSix children who had been living with their grandparents in a Tulsa home where four people were killed Saturday stayed with neighbors until Tuesday, when state officials...
View ArticleDuncan man charged with assaulting stepmother
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDUNCAN — A 38-year-old Duncan man is accused of stabbing his stepmother. A local newspaper reports that James David Shield made an initial court appearance Monday in Stephens...
View ArticleArrest made in shooting death outside Oklahoma bar
SPENCER — The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office says they have arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting death of a man outside a sports bar in Spencer last year. Sheriff's spokesman Mark Myers...
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Oklahoma County deputies arrest man in shooting death
BY GRAHAM LEE BREWER gbrewer@opubco.comA suspect is in custody after a 15-month investigation into a shooting death outside a Spencer nightclub, Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel announced...
View ArticleLanes reopened after officer-involved shooting on I-35 in Oklahoma City
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comOklahoma City police shot and killed an armed suspect on the shoulder of Interstate 35 Wednesday evening after they tried to confront him about a possibly stolen vehicle,...
View ArticleVideo can't back up Ark. police threat to man charged with murder in Oklahoma
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFORT SMITH, Ark. — A murder suspect's claim that police threatened to let him die from a gunshot wound unless he confessed to killing a Fort Smith woman is not backed up by a...
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