Air-conditioner units destroyed at 3 Oklahoma City schools
BY ADAM KEMP akemp@opubco.comAir-conditioner units at three schools in the Oklahoma City School District were destroyed this month, with the damage estimated at $750,000, according to a police report....
View ArticleMixed-race marriage is at center of Oklahoma City discrimination lawsuit
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA white man who is married to a black woman is suing his former employer for racial discrimination and retaliation. Michael Myers claims in a federal lawsuit he was...
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Inmate is charged in beating death at Oklahoma County jail
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comProsecutors charged a man Friday with first-degree murder in the beating death of another inmate inside the Oklahoma County jail, court papers show. Marshall Tyrone...
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Man, 73, draws prison time in Oklahoma County jail after bilking 81-year-old...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comTo those who knew him, Rex Smith was once an outgoing, trusting person who would help anybody. That was until the 81-year-old Oklahoma City man was victimized by a...
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Authorities investigate jail death of man accused of killing parents
By The Associated PressMcALESTER — Authorities are investigating after an Oklahoma man who was charged in his parents' death was found dead in his jail cell. Ross Alan Holloway, 32, of Boley, was found...
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Officers arrest man after standoff in northwest Oklahoma City
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comA SWAT team arrested a man after he barricaded himself and two children in an apartment early Sunday, Oklahoma City police said. Fernando Arledge, 35, was...
View ArticleOklahoma man's death penalty upheld
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the death penalty of a 38-year-old Ponca City man convicted of first-degree murder for the June 1999 shooting death of a 19-year-old woman. The...
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City worker accused of sexual battery, starting Oklahoma City bar fight
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comA city worker is accused of grabbing a woman's breasts and starting a bar fight, Oklahoma City police said. Daniel Abraham Brewer, 42, was arrested Saturday...
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FBI searching for Blackwell bank robbery suspect
FROM STAFF REPORTSBLACKWELL — The FBI and Blackwell police are searching for a bank robbery suspect. The robber walked into the RCB Bank, 1350 W Doolin Ave., about 10:10 a.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Purcell man will face trial in teen sister's fatal drug overdose
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA Purcell man accused of injecting his 16-year-old sister with a fatal dose of methamphetamine will face trial, a judge ruled Monday. Chance Alan Wilson, 28, is...
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Oklahoma crime briefs for April 2, 2013
CRIME BRIEFS OKLAHOMA CITY City employee accused of attacking woman at bar A city worker is accused of grabbing a woman's breasts and starting a bar fight, Oklahoma City police said.Read more on...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Army captain sentenced for accepting gratuities from Iraqi...
From Staff ReportsA former U.S. Army captain from Lawton was sentenced Monday to serve 23 months in prison for conspiring to accept thousands of dollars in gratuities from contractors during his...
View ArticleCharges involving stun gun dismissed against McAlester police officer
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMcALESTER — A judge has dismissed a felony charge against a McAlester police officer accused of committing assault and battery on a woman while she was being booked in the county...
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Oklahoma prisoner faces new child abuse sex case
BY AMANDA BLAND, TULSA WORLDA convicted sex offender in state custody will be arraigned Tuesday in a new sex abuse case. Gregory Paul McNeal, 35, is accused of sexually abusing a boy in 2007 or 2008...
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Oklahoma City woman arrested on multiple animal cruelty complaints
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comAn Oklahoma City woman was arrested on animal cruelty complaints Monday after police and animal welfare workers found five horses in poor health, police...
View ArticleNorman police search for robber
FROM STAFF REPORTSNORMAN — Police are searching for a man who robbed a business Tuesday morning. Norman police responded to a reported robbery shortly before 11 a.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Oklahoma City police release photos of men wanted in connection with assault
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comOklahoma City police have released photos of three men wanted in connection with an assault with a deadly weapon case in southwest Oklahoma City. Police were...
View ArticleFormer Woodward detective is sentenced in drug theft
BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comWOODWARD — A former Woodward police detective who previously admitted stealing methamphetamine from the Woodward Police Department's evidence room was sentenced Tuesday...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for April 3, 2013
CRIME BRIEFS Ex-detective sentenced in drug theft WOODWARD — A former Woodward police detective who previously admitted stealing methamphetamine from the Woodward Police Department's evidence room was...
View ArticleOklahoma County prosecutors reduce charges against Justin Adams; Skiatook man...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comOn the eve of a preliminary hearing for a Blanchard man accused of killing his wife and her unborn child, Oklahoma County prosecutors reduced the criminal charges. The...
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