Judge rejects mental exam for Kenya abuse suspect
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSA federal judge has denied a prosecutors' request for a mental evaluation for an Oklahoma man accused of sexually abusing children at an orphanage in Kenya. Matthew Durham was...
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News media sue over Oklahoma execution procedures
By TIM TALLEY, APOklahoma prison officials violated the First Amendment when they prevented reporters from viewing portions of the botched execution of a death row inmate earlier this year, two news...
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Police dog stabbed by a man who led authorities on a pursuit Sunday night...
FROM STAFF REPORTSThe police dog who was stabbed by a man who led authorities on a pursuit Sunday night died Monday afternoon, police said. Kye, a 3-year-old German Shepherd who was involved in the...
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Accused Oklahoma City pharmacy robber's new trial rescheduled for December
By Matt Dinger, Staff WriterThe new trial for a man charged with murder, accused of putting up two teens to a 2009 pharmacy robbery that left one of them dead, has been delayed until December. Oklahoma...
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Former Miami, Oklahoma, police officer gets deferred sentence
BY SHEILA STOGSDILL, For The OklahomanMIAMI, OK – A former Miami police officer accused of lying to a state grand jury in connection with a beating caught on video pleaded no contest Monday and...
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Police: Four dead, including two children, in east Tulsa apartment shooting
By SAMANTHA VICENT - Tulsa WorldThe Tulsa Police Department is investigating after officers found four people, including two children, dead in an east Tulsa apartment early Tuesday. Police responded to...
View ArticlePolice: Jailed man connected to Oklahoma theft
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLAWTON — Police say they’ve connected a jailed man to the theft of about $91,000 worth of band equipment stolen from a Lawton high school. A local newspaper reports the male...
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UPDATE: Man accused of stabbing police dog identified Tuesday
FROM STAFF REPORTSOklahoma City police identified Tuesday the man shot and killed by an officer on Sunday night. Mark Salazar, 22, was shot and killed by Sgt.Read more on NewsOK.com
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4 found dead in suspected Oklahoma murder-suicide
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSTULSA (AP) — Four people, including two young children, were shot to death in a Tulsa apartment and detectives are investigating the case as a murder-suicide, police said...
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper charged with drunken driving resigns
By Jonathan Sutton, Staff WriterAn Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper charged with drunken driving resigned Tuesday. Joshua Davies was arrested July 3 near Sallisaw after crashing an Oklahoma Highway...
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Edmond, Oklahoma, school bus driver faces sex crime charges
By Matt Dinger, Staff WriterAn Edmond elementary school bus driver accused of molesting an 8-year-old boy has been charged with eight felonies. Scott Keith Jepson, 32, of Guthrie, was charged Monday in...
View ArticleTulsa man sentenced to four years in rape case
By AMANDA BLAND - Tulsa WorldA Tulsa man accused of raping a 15-year-old girl pleaded guilty to an amended charge on Monday and was sentenced to more than four years in prison.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleMan caught on camera using stolen credit card in Oklahoma City
FROM STAFF REPORTSPolice are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who used a stolen credit card at two Oklahoma City businesses. The credit card was taken in an auto burglary, local police...
View ArticleBurglary suspect sought by Oklahoma City police
FROM STAFF REPORTSInvestigators are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who burglarized a business in south Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City police have released surveillance video from the...
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Messages of sympathy pour in regarding Oklahoma City police dog's death
BY DARLA SLIPKE, Staff WriterPeople from all over the world have been touched by the death of Kye, an Oklahoma City police dog who died Monday as a result of injuries he suffered while being stabbed in...
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Shawnee police seek man in connection with Friday night stabbing death
FROM STAFF REPORTSSHAWNEE — Shawnee police are looking for a man who is wanted in connection with a stabbing Friday night. About 10:30 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Woman loses appeal in high rise death case
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected the appeal of a woman convicted of killing her husband by pushing him through a 25th-floor window in a Tulsa high-rise...
View ArticleSuspect in Wednesday death of former Tulsan killed in Dallas officer-involved...
By SAMANTHA VICENT - Tulsa WorldDALLAS — An 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting a former Tulsan during an early Wednesday robbery attempt was killed in a shooting involving an off-duty Dallas...
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Tsarnaev sister arrested in New York City; threatened victim with bomb
The Boston Globe reports a sister of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was arrested in New York on Wednesday after allegedly threatening a woman in a domestic harassment case, saying, “I have people...
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Woman arrested after bogus 911 call during traffic stop, Oklahoma City police...
FROM STAFF REPORTSAn Oklahoma City woman was arrested after police said she made a false 911 call in an effort to distract a police officer during a traffic stop. Rosetta Grate, 38, was arrested on...
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