Registered sex offender arrested on peeping tom complaint
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comAn Oklahoma City man was arrested after a neighbor said a person looked into his house three times, police reported. Jason Patrick Gordon, 32, was arrested...
View ArticleHefner Middle School band director arrested on child pornography complaints
FROM STAFF REPORTSThe band director for Hefner Middle School was arrested Wednesday on complaints of possession and distribution of child pornography, authorities said. Eric W. Mowery, 38, was arrested...
View ArticleOklahoma City parents sentenced to 30 years in prison for starving their infant
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA judge sentenced an Oklahoma City couple to 30 years in prison and 15 years probation for starving their 3-month-old daughter to death. Alysha Marie Anderson, 20, and...
View ArticleFormer Tinker airman gets 80 years in prison for beating child
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA judge sentenced a former Tinker Air Force Base airman Wednesday to 80 years in prison for beating a child left in his care. Oklahoma County District Judge Cindy...
View ArticleOklahoma City man accused of sharing child pornography
FROM STAFF REPORTSAn Oklahoma City man was arrested after he shared child pornography with an undercover police officer, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation reported. Stephen H. Jackson, 46, was...
View ArticleOklahoma City man sentenced to life for killing man he thought was rival gang...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA judge sentenced an Oklahoma City gang member Wednesday to life in prison for killing a man he mistook for a rival gang member. Tommy Long, 20, was convicted Nov.Read...
View ArticleJudge OKs separate trials in Oklahoma child porn case
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSSHAWNEE — A judge in Pottawatomie County has rejected a change-of-venue request in the case of a former elementary school teacher and retired college professor facing child...
View ArticleOklahoma City police investigating case of child molestation of 8-month old...
STAFF REPORTSOklahoma City police are investigating a case of child molestation of an 8-month old child. Police were called to Children's Hospital on Monday, to make a report of injuries on a female...
View ArticleFired cashier accused of embezzling $150,000 from Anadarko casino
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comA cashier at an Anadarko casino has been accused in a federal indictment of embezzling more than $150,000 before she was fired in 2008. Kimberly Dawn Logsdon, 39, of...
View ArticleDad abused Bicycle Bob's killer, mom testifies at sentencing
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comAn Edmond man awaiting sentencing for the brutal killing of a transient is not a psychopath and should be considered a low risk to reoffend, an expert witness...
View ArticleOklahoma woman sentenced to life sentence in child's death
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLMIAMI, OK — An Ottawa County jury deliberated about an hour Thursday before convicting a Quapaw woman of murder and recommending she serve a life sentence with the chance of parole....
View ArticleTwo more northeastern Oklahoma school districts schools close early after...
BY LAURA SUMMERS - Tulsa WorldTwo more students have been arrested, and threats or rumors of threats have caused officials at two more northeastern Oklahoma school districts to cancel classes early....
View ArticlePolice looking for man in northwest Oklahoma City double homicide
FROM STAFF REPORTSPolice are looking for a man in connection with a northwest Oklahoma City double homicide. Keenan Lamar Leake, 24, is wanted in the shooting deaths reported outside the Pulse Events...
View ArticleMan sentenced to life in prison for killing Edmond homeless man known as...
BY TIM WILLERT TWILLERT@opubco.comA judge sentenced Connor Mason to life in prison with the possibility of parole Friday for killing Dwite Morgan, a homeless man known around Edmond as “Bicycle Bob.”...
View ArticleNRA calls for armed police officer in every school
By PHILIP ELLIOTT, APWASHINGTON — The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings.Read...
View ArticleBombs discovered at Edmond apartment leads to two arrests
BY DIANA BALDWIN AND MATT DINGEREDMOND — Two men were arrested Thursday after firefighters investigating smoke found two bombs in an apartment. Casey Hampton, 18, and Hillrey Young, 21, were each...
View ArticleUPDATE: I-35 reopened after police pursuit ends when man kills himself in...
FROM STAFF REPORTS11:40 a.m. A man killed another man in a home invasion early this morning at the 1500 block of NW 39. Police say the man that was killed was the current boyfriend of a woman who was...
View ArticleOklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame faces $12K legal bill
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUSTULSA — Nearly three months after the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame saved itself from near eviction by raising more than $75,000 to pay off long-overdue debts, the struggling Tulsa...
View ArticleAdvocate says former Oklahoma Senate leader should 'suffer consequences'
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comAn advocate for Oklahoma seniors has urged a judge in a letter to make a former Senate leader convicted of bribery “suffer the consequences of his poor judgment.” “Until...
View ArticleProsecutors to seek death penalty in Oklahoma City bus station killing
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comProsecutors said Friday they will seek the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing a 19-year-old woman to death at Oklahoma City's downtown bus station. Isaiah...
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