Death penalty won't be sought in rape and murder of 84-year-old Tulsa woman
By BILL BRAUN - Tulsa WorldTulsa County prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty for a Tulsan who is accused of raping and murdering an elderly woman. At an arraignment Monday, Assistant District...
View ArticleCouple guilty in murder of mother of 2-month-old
PLANADA, Calif. (AP) — A California couple have been convicted of luring an acquaintance to their home and strangling her to kidnap her 2-month-old boy. A jury found Maria Robles guilty of first-degree...
View ArticleGa. Alzheimer's center raided; 21 workers charged
COMMERCE, Ga. (AP) — More than 20 employees of a Georgia assisted living center for people with Alzheimer's disease face dozens of criminal charges after state investigators raided the center on...
View ArticleMan dubbed 'Godfather of Heroin' dies in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A man dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" by the U.S. government and slapped with financial sanctions for allegedly helping prop up Myanmar's brutal former military junta through...
View ArticleOklahoma attorney general seeks new hearing on voided death penalty
BY TIM TALLEYOklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider its decision to overturn a man's murder convictions and death sentences. The Denver-based 10th U.S....
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for July 11
CRIME BRIEFS Oklahoma City Police investigate homicide Detectives are investigating a homicide after police were notified that a patient at Integris Baptist Medical Center died from injuries he...
View ArticleGunshots fired at car in northwest Oklahoma City Thursday
FROM STAFF REPORTSPolice are looking for people who were in a car and fired gunshots on N Portland Avenue early Thursday. Gunshots were fired at a car near N Portland Avenue and NW 39, said police...
View Article4 arrested after Lawton teen is shot to death
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLAWTON — Lawton police have arrested four people after a teenager died from a gunshot wound. Police received a call late Tuesday about a shooting at Summit Springs...
View ArticleWitnesses will point to other suspects in slayings of 4 Tulsa women, attorney...
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSTULSA — The defense attorney for one of two brothers accused of shooting four women to death in January says he plans to call witnesses at a Monday preliminary hearing whose...
View ArticleOklahoma man arrested on child porn complaints
BY KENDRICK MARSHALL, TULSA WORLDA Tulsa man wanted on child pornography possession and distribution complaints was arrested Thursday. Elias Rosario-Marrer, 31, was booked into the Tulsa Jail at 7:05...
View ArticleOklahoma man found in septic tank charged in peeping Tom case
BY KENDRICK MARSHALL, TULSA WORLDA peeping Tom charge was filed Thursday against a Tulsa man accused of spying on a woman and her daughter while underneath a park toilet. Kenneth Webster Enlow, 52, was...
View ArticleOklahoma City woman accused of trying to set boyfriend on fire is arrested
BY HANNAH COVINGTON hcovington@opubco.comAn Oklahoma City woman was arrested after her boyfriend told police she tried to set him on fire and stab him with scissors. Chrissy Johnson, 32, was arrested...
View ArticleMan is arrested on complaints of indecent exposure outside Oklahoma City church
BY HANNAH COVINGTON hcovington@opubco.comAn Oklahoma City man was jailed after worshippers reported he was masturbating outside their church building. Andrew Schane Jr, 32, was arrested Sunday on...
View ArticleGirl, 14, reports rape; Oklahoma City man is arrested
BY HANNAH COVINGTON hcovington@opubco.comA man was arrested after a 14-year-old girl reported she was raped in June, Oklahoma City police said Thursday. Jimmy Powers, 50, was arrested Wednesday on a...
View ArticleWoman accused of trying to help Stoops' burglary suspect escape
BY JANE GLENN CANNON jcannon@opubco.comNORMAN — A woman accused of trying to free the 15-year-old suspect in Bob Stoops' home burglary case has been charged with the crime of assisting a prisoner to...
View ArticleProsecutors want former Oklahoma Senate leader resentenced to prison time
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comProsecutors are asking a federal appeals court to order a trial judge to resentence former Oklahoma state Senate leader Mike Morgan to “a substantial period of...
View ArticleJury convicts ex-Tinker buyer of accepting bribes from government contractors
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA federal jury Thursday convicted a former Tinker Air Force Base buyer of accepting more than $800,000 in bribes from government contractors, prosecutors said. Jurors...
View ArticleFBI seeks Sayre bank robber
FROM STAFF REPORTSSAYRE — A man demanded money from a bank teller before making off with an undisclosed amount in a McDonald's bag Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. The FBI is looking...
View ArticleOfficer-involved shooting reported near Farmers Market in Oklahoma City
By Juliana Keeping jkeeping@opubco.com12:09 a.m.: An unidentified armed man was shot and killed by police when he would not follow police orders outside a rap concert, said Oklahoma City police...
View ArticleOklahoma man arrested on complaint of trying to run over officer
BY KENDRICK MARSHALL, TULSA WORLDA Tulsa teen was arrested after reportedly stealing alcohol from a convenience store and then trying to run over a police officer with a vehicle. Abraham Quiroz...
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