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All-clear given after suspicious package found in downtown Oklahoma City
FROM STAFF REPORTSA stretch of Broadway Avenue in downtown Oklahoma City was closed for more than two hours while police investigated a suspicious package. The package contained miscellaneous items,...
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Oklahoma crime briefs for April 18
Crime in brief Suspect charged in 1996 slaying OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma County prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Chicago man with first-degree murder in the 1996 death of an Oklahoma City aerospace...
View ArticleInvestigators find three bodies in northern Oklahoma, sources report
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comJENNINGS — Investigators digging in a rural grassy field near here have found three bodies, sources said Wednesday night. Investigators began digging Monday for the bodies...
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FBI releases images of 2 men at Boston Marathon
By DENISE LAVOIE and ADAM GELLERBOSTON (AP) — The FBI released photos and video Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public's help in identifying them, zeroing in...
View ArticleFormer Oklahoma judge indicted
BY NOLAN CLAYThe former judge involved in the Kelsey-Smith Briggs case was accused Thursday in three state indictments of embezzling from clients and stealing cattle.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Unsealed court records detail murder-for-hire plot that led to Oklahoma City...
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comRecently unsealed court documents accuse an Oklahoma City man of hiring someone to murder his ex-girlfriend last December. Harvey Randall Wilson, 56, and Bryson Imkah...
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Former judge in Kelsey Smith-Briggs case indicted by Oklahoma grand jury
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comThe former judge who made a fateful decision in the Kelsey Smith-Briggs case has been charged with embezzling from clients and stealing cattle. The state's multicounty...
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Noble man convicted in traffic death of Oklahoma City woman
BY JANE GLENN CANNON jcannon@opubco.comNORMAN — A Cleveland County jury convicted a Noble man of first-degree manslaughter Thursday in the 2012 traffic death of Safari Belay McDoulett. McDoulett, 36,...
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Norman man is charged in death of toddler
BY JANE GLENN CANNON jcannon@opubco.comNORMAN — A Norman man accused of killing a 23-month-old girl admitted to investigators that he threw her in the air and kicked her in the head with a steel-toed...
View ArticleBoston police search neighborhood, National Guard called out
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View ArticleLawyer seeks one trial for Kevin Sweat in 2008 Weleetka killings, 2011 slaying
By SUSAN HYLTON - Tulsa WorldOKEMAH - Kevin Sweat could face a single trial in the killings of two Weleetka girls in 2008 and his fiancée in 2011, which could possibly delay his first-degree murder...
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1 of 2 suspects in Boston bombing killed
By EILEEN SULLIVAN, MEGHAN BARR and KATIE ZEZIMA, APWATERTOWN, Mass. — The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and...
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Oklahoma City marks 18th anniversary of bombing
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSOklahoma City bombing survivors and victims' family members are remembering the 18th anniversary of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building. A ceremony...
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Grove mother charged with child neglect
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLJAY — A Delaware County deputy said a Grove woman who fled from authorities with her 8-month-old, malnourished daughter didn't seemed concerned with the infant's medical condition...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for April 20
CRIME BRIEFS OKLAHOMA CITY Two men face charges in slaying at gas station Two men will face trial in a gas station shooting that left one man dead and another man wounded, a judge ruled Friday.Read...
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Openly gay former public official attacked outside Oklahoma City bar by man...
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comA former Oklahoma Corporation Commission member and county commissioner who was the first openly gay elected official in Oklahoma County was attacked outside an Oklahoma...
View ArticleCold case suspect claims he was 'high' during confession
BY ANDREW KNITTLE aknittle@opubco.comSTIGLER — An Oklahoma man who confessed to the long-unsolved murder of a Haskell County commissioner said he admitted to the slaying when he was “drunk and high on...
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Oklahoma City Public Schools employee arrested on DUI complaint while driving...
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comAn Oklahoma City Public Schools employee who was supposed to be checking for hail damage at John Marshall High School after Wednesday night's storms was arrested on a...
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Warr Acres man avoids trial in death of accomplice in botched drug deal
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA Warr Acres man facing a life sentence in the death of a cohort during a failed drug deal pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Friday and was sentenced to eight years...
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Nichols Hills attorney reportedly returns to Oklahoma after his arrest in...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA Nichols Hills attorney and his brother are accused of selling marijuana out of two businesses in Northern California, authorities said Friday. Robert Sisson, 54, was...
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