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Oklahoma City woman sent to prison for posing as expectant mother in adoption...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comFor nearly three years, Shelly Renee Henson posed as an expectant mother, preying on the emotions of prospective parents looking to adopt a baby, court records show....
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs: May 7, 2013
CRIME BRIEFS ATOKA Park ranger kills attacker A ranger with the state Department of Parks and Recreation shot and killed a man who tried to run over him in Atoka County, the Oklahoma State Bureau of...
View Article10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to decide if Edmond man received fair...
BY ROBERT BOCZKIEWICZDENVER — Judges of an appeals court repeatedly expressed doubts Monday that Rocky Dodd, who was sentenced to death for the 1994 murders of two next-door neighbors in Edmond,...
View ArticleInvestigators look for leads in deaths of brother, sister in rural Love County
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comMARIETTA — Investigators said Monday they are desperate for leads in the case of a 78-year-old man and his 80-year-old sister who were found dead Friday night near where...
View ArticleAppeals court reviews 2004 Seminole County murder convictions
BY ROBERT BOCZKIEWICZDENVER — An appeals court heard arguments Monday that David Magnan's convictions and death sentence for three 2004 murders in Seminole County are invalid because the trial court...
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More Oklahomans are falling into the deadly grip of heroin
BY ROBERT MEDLEY rmedley@opubco.comOklahoma City drummer Michael Newberry played in bands and held a day job. He was married and had young children.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Man exchanges gunfire with Oklahoma City police at motel
FROM STAFF REPORTSOklahoma City police officers exchanged gunfire with a man at a southeast Oklahoma City motel, but nobody was hit by the bullets, police said. About 10:45 p.m., shots rang out at a...
View ArticleArguments set in Oklahoma death row inmate's appeal
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAn Oklahoma appeals court is taking up the case of a death row inmate convicted of five counts of first-degree murder for the death of his wife and her four children. Oral...
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Escapee's lawyers eye DNA in NM murder case of Oklahoma couple
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Arizona prisoner who is accused of killing a couple in New Mexico is seeking to have a key piece of evidence thrown out. Lawyers for John Charles McCluskey...
View ArticleFBI, Norman police search for credit union robber
FROM STAFF REPORTSNORMAN — The FBI and Norman police are searching for a man who robbed a credit union Tuesday morning. A man walked into the OU Federal Credit Union, 2000 W Lindsey Ave., about 10...
View ArticleOklahoma Crime Briefs for May 8, 2013
CRIME BRIEFS NORMAN Police seeking robbery suspect FBI agents and Norman police are searching for a man who robbed the OU Federal Credit Union, 2000 W Lindsey Ave., about 10 a.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Jury selected to hear evidence in shooting death of Nichols Hills fire chief
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comEL RENO — A jury of eight women and four men will hear the case of Rebecca Bryan, accused of murdering her husband, Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan. The jury was...
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Piedmont teacher arrested on complaint of drug possession
BY ADAM KEMP akemp@opubco.comA Piedmont Public Schools teacher accused of drug possession is no longer teaching, according to a student at the high school. Misti Bynum, 37, was arrested last week by...
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Oklahoma County judge finds prospective juror in contempt after being late...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comIt wasn't a potential juror's problem with promptness that landed him in jail Tuesday but an inability to keep his mouth shut. Ricky Christopher, 23, showed up late...
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Police identify Oklahoma City officers involved in Monday shooting
FROM STAFF REPORTSThe names of four Oklahoma City police officers involved in a shoot-out with a homicide suspect late Monday have been released. The officers were called to the Executive Inn, 3501 S...
View Article2-year-old boy drowns in bathtub in Oklahoma City
FROM STAFF REPORTSA 2-year-old boy drowned in a bathtub Tuesday in southeast Oklahoma City, police reported. Oklahoma City police officers responded about 7 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleClosing arguments next in Oklahoma horse ranch trial
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSAUSTIN, Texas — Prosecutors in Texas are wrapping up their case against five men charged with using an Oklahoma race horse breeding operation to launder cartel drug money....
View ArticleSuspect in fatal Texas stabbings extradited from Oklahoma
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPAULS VALLEY — A man accused in the fatal stabbings of his ex-girlfriend and her 8-year-old son has returned to Texas after his arrest in Oklahoma. Cedric Ricks is charged with...
View ArticleOklahoma man jailed after cat shot, multiple explosives found
By KENDRICK MARSHALL & AMANDA BLAND - Tulsa WorldCLAREMORE -- A Claremore man was jailed Tuesday after he admitted shooting a neighbor's cat and authorities discovered an incendiary device and...
View ArticleOklahoma landowner fatally shoots suspected copper thief
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMULDROW — Authorities in eastern Oklahoma say a landowner shot and killed a man who was allegedly stealing copper from his property. Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart says the...
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