Oklahoma City man given life in prison after death sentence is overturned
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA man sentenced to death for murdering his pregnant wife will spend the rest of his life in prison instead, a judge ruled Thursday. Victor Wayne Hooks, 51, was...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for Feb. 22
CRIME BRIEFS OKLAHOMA CITY Braum's clerk says he was robbed A Braum's clerk told police he was lured to the parking lot at 2001 NW 164, where two former co-workers tried to rob him Tuesday...
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Man sentenced to life in prison in robbery, shooting of off-duty Oklahoma...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA judge sentenced a man Thursday to life in prison plus 30 years for shooting an off-duty sheriff's deputy carrying a bank deposit for Cattlemen's Steakhouse. “You are...
View ArticleTestimony begins in Oklahoma soldier's murder trial
By The Associated PressLAWTON — Emotional testimony marked the first day of the first-degree murder trial of a Fort Sill soldier charged in the starvation death of his girlfriend's 10-year-old son....
View ArticleHome invasion reported in northwest Oklahoma City Friday morning
FROM STAFF REPORTSPolice in northwest Oklahoma City are looking for two robbers spotted inside a black sport utility vehicle that was involved in a home invasion Friday morning, according to police...
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One dead in quadruple shooting near college in Tulsa
BY JARREL WADE - Tulsa WorldPolice continue to investigate the motive for a shooting Thursday evening that left one Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology student dead and three others wounded,...
View Article2 former Oklahoma lawmakers face trial for bribery
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTwo former Oklahoma lawmakers facing felony bribery charges have been formally bound over for trial. Former Rep.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleOklahoma City man said neighbor scared his cat by banging toilet seat
FROM STAFF REPORTSAn Oklahoma City man was cited for disturbing the peace after he banged on his neighbor's wall and told police the neighbor scared his cat by slamming a toilet seat. Robert Eugene...
View ArticleEdmond City Council to consider money for park road
BY DIANA BALDWIN dbaldwin@opubco.comEDMOND — City council members will consider Monday a $330,000 supplement to build a road through J.L. Mitch Park to help with the traffic situation around Cheyenne...
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Murder, arson charges filed in Norman case
BY JANE GLENN CANNON jcannon@opubco.comNORMAN — Police say the last person Patrick Burton talked to on his cellphone before he died was Mary Courtney York, a 19-year-old Del City woman who ran an...
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Bribery case moves forward another step for former Oklahoma legislators
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comThe bribery case against two former legislators moved forward another step Friday. A preliminary hearing judge formally ordered former state Rep.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Jury convicts teen of setting deadly fire that killed elderly
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA jury deliberated nearly eight hours Friday before convicting a teenager of setting a fire that killed an elderly couple in their south Oklahoma City home. Jurors...
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Photo prompts outrage, death threats from animal lovers
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comTAHLEQUAH — All it took was a few clicks on Facebook for 18-year-old Caisen Green to become famous for all the wrong reasons and to prompt the outrage and...
View ArticleDespite conduct concerns, Oklahoma State University students are rarely expelled
BY SILAS ALLEN sallen@opubco.comSTILLWATER — Oklahoma State University officials leveled more than 350 student conduct charges against students accused of criminal actions in the past two years, but in...
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Norman molestation arrest brings cover-up allegations
BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comNORMAN — The Valentine's Day arrest of a former Norman teacher's aide on a lewd molestation charge has some parents fuming. Parents say for more than a decade they have...
View ArticleHearing set for Tulsa pair accused of killing 3
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTULSA — A judge is considering whether two men charged with gunning down three people in an April 2012 rampage in Tulsa should be tried separately. Jake England and Alvin Watts...
View ArticleArmy private pleads guilty in Oklahoma murder case
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLAWTON — An Army private accused of the starvation death of a 10-year-old boy at an Oklahoma Army base has pleaded guilty to a first-degree murder charge to avoid a possible...
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Murder charges dismissed in Carina Saunders homicide case
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA man once suspected of planning and carrying out the torture killing of a 19-year-old Mustang woman was released Monday from the Oklahoma County jail after...
View ArticleFort Sill soldier pleads guilty to murder for starving boy to death
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comLAWTON — A Fort Sill soldier pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder for starving to death his girlfriend's 10-year-old son. The U.S. Army private, Connell C....
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Report: Oklahoma State University's response to sexual assault reports was...
BY SILAS ALLEN sallen@opubco.comSTILLWATER — The response by officials at Oklahoma State University to a series of sexual assault reports on campus was “misguided,” according to a report from OSU's...
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