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Chickasha school board member arrested in peeping Tom case
BY STAFF REPORTSCHICKASHA — A Chickasha school board member was charged Monday with two peeping Tom felony counts. Ryan Eric Copeland was arrested Saturday, a Grady County Jail spokeswoman said.Read...
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Tulsa couple charged with abuse, neglect of infant twins
The Tulsa World reports that a couple arrested Jan. 17 for reportedly abusing their twin infants was charged with six felonies in Tulsa County District Court on Monday. Clorinda Archuleta and Joshua...
View ArticleFormer ambulance driver gets suspended sentence in fatal Oklahoma County crash
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comA former ambulance driver involved in a fatal crash in 2011 was given a one-year suspended sentence Monday on a negligent homicide charge in Oklahoma County District...
View ArticleOklahoma will not review protocol after recent executions
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSOklahoma has no plans to review its lethal injection protocol after two inmates executed this month made complaints as the drugs began to flow through their bodies. Michael Lee...
View ArticleCompetency hearing is ordered for Oklahoma City man accused of slaying four...
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comA man accused of killing four family members who also is reportedly obsessed with actress Selena Gomez is not competent to face trial, his public defender says. Daniel...
View ArticleEx-SAU student gets 42 months in prison for horse theft
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSIDABEL — A former Southern Arkansas University rodeo team member has been sentenced to 42 months in prison in Oklahoma for stealing horses from the school stables. Jaci Jackson...
View ArticleDA clears Muskogee officer in shooting that hurt 1
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMUSKOGEE — Prosecutors have cleared a Muskogee police officer in a shooting earlier this month that wounded a man. Muskogee County District Attorney Larry Moore says Officer...
View ArticleSecond stabbing victim found near Skiatook; suspect in custody
BY DYLAN GOFORTH and SAMANTHA VICENT, Tulsa WorldThe Tulsa World reports that a 19-year-old male was taken into custody in Tulsa Tuesday in connection to a pair of apparently connected stabbing deaths,...
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Man arrested for allegedly locking child in closet for interrupting video game
BY AMANDA BLAND, TULSA WORLDThe Tulsa World reports that a father accused of locking his 3-year-old in a closet after she interrupted his video game was arrested Tuesday. A maintenance worker at the...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for Jan. 29
Crime briefs Mayes County woman bitten on face by police dog has prior convictions SPAVINAW — A Mayes County woman who lost a large piece of flesh from her cheek after she was bitten by a Cherokee...
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Search on for two escapees from the Delaware County jail
By Sheila Stogsdill -- For The OklahomanJAY – Two inmates escaped from the Delaware County jail overnight, said Sheriff Harlan Moore. Pete Wolfe, 51, of Pryor and Anthony Anderson, 22, of Sapulpa broke...
View ArticleTwo former Roland officials were overpaid $180,000, audit found
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comROLAND — The former deputy clerk of this small town in eastern Oklahoma was overpaid $129,441 in salary between July 1, 2009, and her resignation Jan.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleOklahoma mom arrested after 1-year-old son reportedly left in freezing car...
By KENDRICK MARSHALL - Tulsa WorldA Tulsa mother accused of leaving her 1-year-old son alone in car during below freezing temperatures while she worked was booked into jail on $100,000 bond Tuesday....
View ArticleSkiatook stabbings related, police say; suspect held
By SAMANTHA VICENT & DYLAN GOFORTH - Tulsa WorldA 19-year-old man was taken into custody Tuesday in Tulsa in connection with the stabbing deaths of his sister and their great-grandmother. Michael...
View ArticleBill would add prescription drugs to drug trafficking crimes in Oklahoma
BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comCarrying large quantities of certain prescription drugs would be added to the list of crimes for which a person could be charged with drug trafficking under a bill...
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Two Oklahoma City police officers cleared in November fatal shooting
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comTwo Oklahoma City police officers have been cleared in the fatal shooting of a man who was pointing a gun on Interstate 35 the night before Thanksgiving. The incident...
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Former OU professor acquitted of sex crimes sues regents, state
BY MATT DINGER mdinger@opubco.comA former University of Oklahoma professor acquitted of sex crimes last November is suing the board of regents and the state for not allowing him to return to his...
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Inmate charged in strangling death of cellmate in McAlester
BY JOHN YATESMCALESTER — An inmate already serving a life sentence for a murder conviction was charged this week with the strangulation of a cellmate last year. Mikell P. Smith, 48, was charged in...
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City of Tulsa settles lawsuit in police corruption scandal for $425,000
BY DAVID HARPER, Tulsa WorldThe Tulsa World reports that the city of Tulsa has settled for $425,000 a federal lawsuit filed by a man who was freed from prison as a result of corruption within the Tulsa...
View ArticleDelaware County inmates are captured in Mayes County
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLJAY — Mayes County authorities found two sets of orange jail clothes behind an abandoned house in Spavinaw early Wednesday, believed to be worn by two escaped Delaware County...
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