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Shawnee man is arrested on multiple complaints, including rape, in northwest...
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARRENA Shawnee man was arrested on multiple complaints after a woman told Oklahoma City police he raped her. Ira B. Spells Jr., 52, was arrested on complaints of rape, possession of a...
View ArticlePutnam City North student arrested after weapons found at school
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARRENA Putnam City North student was arrested Wednesday morning after school officials received reports of a student bringing weapons on school property. The 10th-grade student was...
View ArticlePutnam City North student arrested after weapons found at school
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comA Putnam City North student was arrested Wednesday morning after school officials received reports of a student bringing weapons on school property. The...
View ArticlePolice search for woman after stabbing near state Capitol
BY BRYAN DEAN Staff Writer bdean@opubco.comOklahoma City police said they were searching Wednesday afternoon for a woman who stabbed a man during an argument on the corner of N 23 and Santa Fe Avenue...
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Shawnee man is arrested on complaints of rape, possession of a firearm and of...
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comA Shawnee man was arrested on multiple complaints after a woman told Oklahoma City police he raped her. Ira B. Spells Jr., 52, was arrested on complaints of...
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Pregnant drug offender faces Oklahoma prison time after capture in Florida
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA pregnant defendant who disappeared during her trial in Oklahoma was apprehended Wednesday by a bondsman in Florida, prosecutors said. Lisa Michelle Hickey, 30, of...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for March 28, 2013
crime briefs OKLAHOMA CITY Suspect to face death penalty Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of raping and strangling a neighbor and then hiding in her attic, court papers...
View ArticleLife sentence reduced to 10 years for convicted Oklahoma murderer
BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comPAWNEE — A judge has reduced a life sentence to 10 years with the rest suspended for a Pawnee County man who admitted killing his brother by shooting him in the back...
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Text messages, obscene picture on cellphone prompted Shawnee man to shoot his...
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comSHAWNEE — Cathy Byus' husband told a friend he killed her after finding text messages from another man on her cellphone along with a photo of the man's genitals, according...
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Former Oklahoma schoolteacher is a 'monster' to her victims, parents'...
BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.comSHAWNEE — One of the girls who was sexually abused by former McLoud schoolteacher Kimberly Crain claims the convict is a “monster” who haunts her victims in their...
View ArticleArraignment set for man in deaths of 2 Weleetka girls
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOKEMAH — A man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of two girls near Weleetka is scheduled to formally enter a plea. Kevin Sweat is scheduled to be arraigned...
View ArticleOklahoma woman sentenced to 60 years for horse theft
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSEL DORADO, Ark. — A jury in El Dorado has convicted an Oklahoma woman in the theft of five horses and equipment from the Southern Arkansas University rodeo team stables. The jury...
View ArticleLawton police investigating death of woman, 26
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLAWTON — Police in Lawton are investigating after a 26-year-old woman was found dead alongside a road. Police say 26-year-old Shaillana Jackson was found dead this week in the...
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Oklahoma City day care employee is arrested on complaint of abuse
BY ADAM KEMP akemp@opubco.comAn employee at a special-needs day care was arrested on a complaint of abuse by a caretaker in connection with a report that he injured the wrist of a 4-year old girl and...
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CRIME BRIEFS OKLAHOMA CITY Jury suggests life sentence An Oklahoma County jury deliberated less than an hour Thursday before convicting a man of first-degree murder in the shooting death of another...
View ArticleJay principal not guilty of manslaughter in boat accident, jury finds
From Staff ReportsJAY — A Jay Middle School principal was found not guilty Thursday of manslaughter related to a fatal boating accident on Grand Lake that killed one of his friends. Roger Shane...
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Oklahoma jury convicts former Star Spencer football player in drive-by shooting
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA jury deliberated about two hours Thursday before finding a former Star Spencer High School football player guilty of second-degree murder in the drive-by shooting...
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Burned workers in Tulsa are charged with workers' comp fraud
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comTULSA — Three burned co-workers at a metal fabrication company here are accused in charges of workers' compensation fraud of lying about how they were injured. Nathaniel...
View ArticleMan shot in northwest Oklahoma City Friday
FROM STAFF REPORTSPolice are looking for two men who tried to rob another man at gunpoint then opened fire, hitting the driver as he tried to get away early Friday in northwest Oklahoma City, police...
View ArticleDNA collected from suspect in 1989 Norman slaying
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNORMAN — Police in Norman say they've collected DNA samples from a man suspected of killing a woman in her home more than 20 years ago. Police Capt.Read more on NewsOK.com
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