Homicide suspect believed to be residing in OKC to hide from Tulsa authorities
By DYLAN GOFORTH - Tulsa WorldTulsa police believe a man charged with first-degree murder in November is residing in Oklahoma City to elude authorities. Laron Tucker, 33, is accused in court documents...
View ArticleEnid police investigate theft of church bell
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSENID — Authorities are investigating after someone stole a 1,000-pound bell from an Enid church. A local newspaper reports that the cast-iron bell went missing in late November...
View ArticleOKC Capitol Hill High School teacher suspected in sex crimes
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comThe suspended Capitol Hill High School teacher accused of rape is also suspected of distributing indecent photos to students, Oklahoma City police said....
View ArticleMen's footprints in snow lead to burglary scenes in Oklahoma City
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comOklahoma County deputies arrested two men after following footprints in the snow to several burglary locations. Coleton Zanola, 23, and Rocky Roark, 23, were...
View ArticleOklahoma City police arrest one in Black Friday robbery
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comOklahoma City police have arrested one of two people suspected to be involved in a Black Friday robbery at Penn Square Mall. Ryan Justin Alexander, 18, was...
View ArticleJury continues deliberations in death penalty case related to Oklahoma...
By The Associated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jurors resumed deliberations Monday on the punishment for an Arizona inmate who kidnapped and murdered a retired Oklahoma couple. The federal panel is...
View ArticleCourt sets Jan. 23 execution for Oklahoma inmate
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has scheduled a Jan. 23 execution date for a death row inmate convicted in the stabbing death of an Oklahoma City woman 25 years ago. The...
View ArticlePolice investigate shooting of man in Shawnee
FROM STAFF REPORTSSHAWNEE — A man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a parked car, police said. Police responded to a 911 call about 7:15 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for Dec. 11
Crime briefs Oklahoma City Court approves man's execution for 1988 murder A man twice convicted of killing a 21-year-old woman in 1988 will be put to death next month, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal...
View ArticlePolice search for suspect in Yukon bank robbery
BY JONATHAN SUTTON jsutton@opubco.comYUKON — A man dressed as a nun robbed a bank teller at gunpoint Tuesday morning, police said. The man, wearing a nun mask, drove away from Yukon National Bank, 235...
View ArticleMan arrested after Oklahoma City fatality accident
FROM STAFF REPORTSA man was arrested Monday after another man was killed in a northeast Oklahoma City traffic accident, police reported. Dustin Shane Hall, 31, was arrested on complaints of driving...
View ArticleOklahoma executes man for two rapes, murders
BY GRAHAM LEE BREWER gbrewer@opubco.comAn Oklahoma City man was put to death Tuesday for crimes he committed more than 20 years ago. Ronald Clinton Lott, 53, was executed for the 1986 and 1987 rapes...
View ArticleKOCO: Scheme targets Edmond businesses and residents
EDMOND — Edmond police are investigating a scheme targeting local businesses and residents, reports KOCO. Dozens of people, including four businesses, have received phone calls from a man who's posing...
View ArticleOklahoma man charged with video voyeurism
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A 55-year-old McAlester man is charged in federal court with three counts of video voyeurism for allegedly setting up a hidden camera to record women in a restroom. Authorities...
View ArticleOklahoma couple's killer will get life in prison as jurors fail to reach...
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors deliberating the sentencing for Arizona inmate John McCluskey have failed to reach a unanimous verdict. That means the judge will sentence...
View ArticleOklahoma authorities conduct meth raids in Lindsay
FROM STAFF REPORTSLINDSAY — Law enforcement officers arrested 12 people Wednesday in an effort to break up a methamphetamine distribution ring, authorities reported. Those arrested include: Kenneth...
View ArticleAmmunition plant worker faces charges in voyeurism case
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLMcALESTER — Criminal charges have been filed against a supervisor at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant who is accused of secretly placing a camera in a women's restroom at the...
View ArticleHearing on secrecy dispute set for Dec. 20
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comA divorce judge has scheduled a hearing for Dec. 20 on a dispute over whether mayoral candidate Ed Shadid's sealed divorce records should be made public. In one of the...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for Dec. 12
Crime briefs Oklahoma City OKC man faces murder charge An Oklahoma City man was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting Nov.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleOklahoma department's fire truck stolen, set ablaze
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAVANT — Authorities in northeast Oklahoma are investigating after someone stole a rural department's fire truck and set it on fire. Avant Fire Department Chief Gene Atkins says...
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