Woman convicted of SAU horse theft faces new charges of stealing cattle
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSASHDOWN, Ark. — A woman convicted of stealing horses from Southern Arkansas University has turned down a plea deal in a separate case in which she's accused of stealing cattle...
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El Reno police search for shooting suspect
BY LEIGHANNE MANWARREN lmanwarren@opubco.comEL RENO — Police are searching for a man accused of shooting another man Tuesday. An arrest warrant has been issued for Donnie Ray Everhart Sr., 70, on a...
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Man arrested after bomb threat leads to Francis Tuttle campus evacuation
FROM STAFF REPORTSA man was arrested following a bomb threat Wednesday morning that caused the evacuation of a school in northwest Oklahoma City. More than 2,000 people were evacuated shortly after 9...
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Father of malnourished Oklahoma infant charged with child neglect
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLJAY — The father of a malnourished infant, who ran from authorities for almost two weeks, appeared Wednesday in Delaware County District Court. Ronald Altaffer, 23, of Jay, is...
View ArticleSuspect, 65, arrested in Love County double homicide
FROM STAFF REPORTSA man was arrested Wednesday, accused of shooting a brother and sister to death last week in Love County, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Aaron Eugene...
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Witnesses portray late Nichols Hill fire chief's wife as victim, killer
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comEL RENO — Rebecca Bryan had sex with at least two men, one of them a stranger, and tried to seduce other men in the days before her husband was shot to death, according to...
View ArticleHearing in Oklahoma State University sexual assault case reset
BY SILAS ALLEN sallen@opubco.comSTILLWATER — A preliminary hearing for a former Oklahoma State University student accused of a series of sexual assaults has been rescheduled. Nathan Cochran, 22, now is...
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Alleged mob enforcer pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal beating in...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA felon suspected of being an Irish mobster wept in court Wednesday after a judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison and 15 years probation for the beating death of...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs, May 9
CRIME BRIEFS PAULS VALLEY Murder suspect returns to Texas 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.Read more...
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Alleged accessory goes to court in Oklahoma cold case
BRISTOW (AP) — A northeast Oklahoma man faces a court hearing Friday on a complaint that he botched a pair of undercover surveillance attempts while investigators looked into the 1992 disappearance and...
View ArticleSuspected explosive device found at Tahlequah propane business; 1 in custody
BY JERRY WOFFORD, TULSA WORLDTAHLEQUAH -- Officials discovered a “suspected explosive device” at a Tahlequah propane business Thursday afternoon and arrested one individual believed to be involved with...
View ArticleMan sought in Oklahoma City bank robbery
FROM STAFF REPORTSThe FBI and police are searching for a man who robbed a northwest Oklahoma City bank Thursday. The man walked into the Buy 4 Less, 3501 Northwest Expressway, and approached a Bank of...
View ArticleEx-YWCA CFO charged with embezzlement in Oklahoma County
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA former chief financial officer accused of stealing more than $280,000 from YWCA Oklahoma City was charged with embezzlement Thursday in Oklahoma County District...
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Judge orders arrest of convicted murderer in Jerome Ersland case
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comConvicted murderer Jevontai Ingram has run out of second chances. An Oklahoma County judge last week ordered his arrest after he failed to appear at a court hearing to...
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Murder trial testimony: Ex-lover said wife called him hours before Nichols...
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comEL RENO — Rebecca Bryan's former lover testified at her murder trial Thursday that she left him a distraught voice mail hours before her husband was shot, telling him she...
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Oklahoma man accused in cold case involving three deaths pleads innocent
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSBRISTOW — An Oklahoma man has pleaded not guilty to helping his late mother and others avoid prosecution for the disappearance and deaths of three people in 1992. An attorney...
View ArticleOklahoma Tea Party co-founder appears in court
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The co-founder of the Sooner Tea Party has made his initial appearance in an Oklahoma County courtroom on felony blackmail and computer crimes charges. Al Gerhart appeared before...
View ArticleOttawa County bank robbed Friday
BY SHEILA STOGSDILLQUAPAW — A rural Ottawa County bank was robbed about 9:30 a.m. Friday, the FBI reports. A white man entered the Baxter State Bank brandishing a semi-automatic handgun, FBI spokesman...
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Behavior called 'bizarre' in Mustang murder trial; testimony to resume Monday
BY BRYAN DEAN bdean@opubco.comEL RENO — The state medical examiner who performed an autopsy on Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan testified Friday that microscopic fibers found in his brain were...
View ArticleOklahoman animal cruelty crusaders to rally at Capitol
FROM STAFF REPORTSA new group formed to combat animal cruelty in Oklahoma has organized a rally from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Read more on NewsOK.com
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