Oklahoma crime briefs for Jan. 10
Crime briefs Oklahoma City Teenager to be tried as adult in fatal shooting The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld a judge's ruling that a murder defendant who was 14 when the crime occurred...
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News 9: OKC apartment resident believes thieves coming in through attic
An Oklahoma City man believes thieves are breaking into his apartment through the attic crawl space, News 9 reports. Terrance Brown said he now uses tape to seal his attic door and if the tape is...
View ArticleMan convicted in Ark. family's death gets hearing
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A judge is scheduled to hear a request later this month to overturn the federal death sentence handed down to an Oklahoma man convicted of killing an Arkansas...
View ArticleOklahoma City payday loan business robbed Friday
BY SILAS ALLEN sallen@opubco.comOklahoma City police are searching for a man who robbed a payday loan business Friday morning. A masked man entered a Check ‘n' Go store about 10:20 a.m.Read more on...
View ArticleU.S. Attorney's district office 2013 collections reach nearly $702M in Oklahoma
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comThe U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma collected nearly $702 million in 2013, including more than $257 million from a prescription drug manufacturer....
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Crime Briefs Oklahoma City 3 arrested in counterfeit case Oklahoma City police arrested a man and two women who are accused of using counterfeit money to pay for gas.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleTexas fugitive is in custody after 25 years on the run
FROM STAFF REPORTSA Texas fugitive was arrested in Oklahoma City Thursday after more than 25 years on the run. The U.S. Marshals Service Oklahoma City Metro Fugitive Squad arrested Larry Lou McCumber...
View ArticleYukon police car strikes, kills pedestrian early Saturday morning
FROM STAFF REPORTSYUKON — A man who was walking Saturday morning died after he was struck by a Yukon police car. About 4:50 a.m., the man was walking in the roadway in the 400 block of S Ranchwood...
View ArticleTrial to begin for man charged in Tulsa shooting
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTULSA — The trial of a 25-year-old man charged with shooting into a crowded Tulsa plaza is set to begin. Andrew Dennehy is charged in the March 7, 2012, shooting, in the plaza...
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Oklahoma man accused of pulling out wife's teeth
BY KENDRICK MARSHALL, Tulsa WorldA Sand Springs man was jailed after he was accused by his wife of leaving her bloodied and bruised during an argument over the weekend. Garry Wayne Hill, 58, was booked...
View ArticleOklahoma sees little backlash from federal traffic survey
BY SILAS ALLEN sallen@opubco.comTwo Oklahoma County sheriff's deputies participated in a federal traffic survey that has drawn criticism from drivers elsewhere in the country. The program doesn't...
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Noisy Texter Shot to Death in Movie Theater
A moviegoer shot two people—one of them fatally— at a Florida theater this afternoon, reportedly after one of them refused to stop texting during a movie, according to Gawker. Charles Cummings told FOX...
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(Warning: graphic video) Police shoot suspect barricaded in 7-Eleven who used...
DENVER — A man who took a woman hostage at a Denver 7-Eleven Monday morning was shot by an officer, police said. The incident started when police got a call about a suspicious person inside the store...
View ArticleKansas construction company pays $372,750 for violating the Migratory Bird...
FROM STAFF REPORTSA Kansas construction company and one employee were reprimanded Tuesday for violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act after hundreds of cliff swallows and their nests were destroyed...
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Oklahoma man suspected of DUI with baby in vehicle
BY KENDRICK MARSHALL, Tulsa WorldThe Tulsa World reports a Tulsa man was taken into custody by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol on Monday after he was reportedly caught driving under the influence of drugs...
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Police identify man arrested in connection with explosive in northwest...
FROM STAFF REPORTSPolice on Tuesday identified an Oklahoma City man arrested after officers found an explosive device in his vehicle on Monday. Spencer Colin Griffith, 28, was being held Tuesday...
View ArticleEdmond police looking for armed robber
FROM STAFF REPORTSEDMOND — Police ask for the public's help in identifying a man suspected of robbing a local drugstore. Edmond police were called about 11:20 a.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Union City police officer accused of providing guns to felon
From Staff ReportsUNION CITY — A police officer here was arrested Tuesday on complaints of possession of stolen property and providing firearms to a felon, the Canadian County Sheriff's Office...
View ArticleTulsa homicide suspect arrested in Muskogee
By DYLAN GOFORTH - Tulsa WorldA man who allegedly shot another man at a Tulsa apartment Tuesday and left with an 11-year-old girl was arrested in Muskogee about four hours after the homicide, police...
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This wasn't the first blow-up for Florida theater shooter
CNN reports a few weeks before a texting dispute turned deadly inside a Florida theater, the suspect Curtis Reeves had another run-in with a moviegoer, prosecutors said. During Reeves' first court...
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