Second arrest is made in stabbing death of Oklahoma City woman
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comAuthorities have arrested a second person in the December stabbing death of an Oklahoma City woman. Harvey Randall Wilson, 56, was arrested Monday afternoon by the U.S....
View ArticleNaked man is arrested after Midwest City police receive 30 calls to 911
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comMIDWEST CITY — A man walking around naked was arrested after 30 people called 911 Tuesday morning, police said. Carlton Bell, 21, was arrested on an indecent...
View ArticleSooner Tea Party co-founder charged with blackmail
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe co-founder of the Sooner Tea Party political organization has been charged with blackmail and violation of the computer crime act over an email he allegedly sent to a state...
View ArticleForest Park, OK, police chief will not be charged with assault
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comForest Park Police Chief Amanda Eastridge will not be charged with assault because her husband now denies that she attacked him, The Oklahoman has learned. “There is...
View ArticleSooner Tea Party co-founder charged with blackmailing Oklahoma state senator
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comA co-founder of the Sooner Tea Party was charged Tuesday with blackmail over an email that he admits sending to a state senator. Al Gerhart, 54, of Oklahoma City, also was...
View ArticleTwo former employees settle sexual harassment lawsuits against Delaware...
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLJAY — Two former Delaware County 911 dispatchers settled their federal civil rights lawsuits against the county and the 911 trust authority Tuesday, a county commissioner confirmed....
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Crime briefs Oklahoma City Man held in DUI death Authorities on Tuesday arrested a man accused of driving drunk in the wrong direction and causing the death of a taxi driver.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleNew York's 'Sweetheart swindle' fugitive arrested in Oklahoma City
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comA woman wanted on hate crime charges in New York was arrested in Oklahoma City recently by the Oklahoma County sheriff's warrant team, authorities said Tuesday. Natasha...
View ArticleTwo people killed in shoot-out in southeast Oklahoma City
From staff reports Late-breaking news Two are killed in shoot-out in OKC Two people are dead after a shoot-out with law enforcement officers Tuesday night.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleJudge moves one of Kevin Sweat's two murder trials to Creek County
By AMANDA BLAND - Tulsa WorldOKEMAH – An Okfuskee County judge has ordered one of two murder trials pending against Kevin Sweat, who is accused of murdering his girlfriend and two Weleetka girls, moved...
View ArticlePolice seek man in rape of Oklahoma City woman
FROM STAFF REPORTSPolice are looking for a man who followed a woman into her house in southwest Oklahoma City and raped her, according to a report released Wednesday. The woman was coming back inside...
View ArticleMan arrested on domestic abuse complaints is accused of nearly biting...
FROM STAFF REPORTSAn Oklahoma City man nearly bit a woman's finger off after the two got into an argument, according to a police report released Wednesday. Lanny Morgan, 42, was arrested on complaints...
View ArticleTwo are wanted in connection with larceny, credit card fraud in Oklahoma
FROM STAFF REPORTSOklahoma County sheriff's investigators are seeking help to identify two people wanted for questioning in connection with an automobile larceny and fraud by credit card. Someone stole...
View ArticleEx-employee recounts inappropriate touching by Oklahoma doctor charged with...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA doctor charged with sexual battery groped a former employee on two occasions and laughed when she rejected his advances, the woman testified Wednesday at the...
View ArticleTwo people shot, killed by law officers in Oklahoma City are identified
BY JULIANNA KEEPING jkeeping@opubco.comA man and his girlfriend were shot to death when they fled authorities trying to serve the man two burglary warrants, officials said Wednesday. Christopher Lee...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for April 11, 2013
Crime in brief OKLAHOMA CITY Woman's finger nearly bitten off An Oklahoma City man nearly bit a woman's finger off after the two got into an argument, according to a police report released...
View ArticleInjured teen's parents, medical experts encourage parents to talk to children...
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comEDMOND — Luke Smith might find it hard to view himself as lucky, but his doctors insist he is. The Edmond teenager broke his hand, pelvis and left leg and was left with a...
View ArticleIndictment returned in Oklahoma City in $1 billion online sports betting...
BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comEight Oklahomans are among 57 individuals and business entities accused in an Oklahoma City federal indictment of using the Internet to operate an international illegal...
View ArticleMan dies after April 1 attack at an Oklahoma car wash
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSANADARKO — The state medical examiner says a 57-year-old man who was attacked at an Anadarko car wash died from multiple blunt force trauma to the face and head. The Medical...
View ArticleMental health evidence planned for escapee charged in Oklahoma couple's killing
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Defense lawyers for an Arizona prison escapee charged with killing an Oklahoma couple in New Mexico plan to present evidence that he has a mental defect or...
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