Tornado lie lands Oklahoma woman in prison for six months
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comAfter tornadoes struck Oklahoma in May, felon Misti Dawn Miller came up with a clever lie in a bid to delay going back to federal prison. She told a judge in a legal...
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Prosecutors said former attorney stole $475,000 from clients
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comA former Chandler attorney is now facing a total of 10 criminal charges that accuse him of embezzling more than $475,000 from clients, stealing cattle and harboring a...
View ArticlePreliminary hearing set for man in Oklahoma cold case
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSBRISTOW — An Oklahoma man charged with being an accessory after the fact of first-degree murder in the 1992 disappearance and deaths of two women and a girl is due in court....
View ArticleFBI: California fugitive arrested in Oklahoma
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPONCA CITY — The FBI says it's arrested a man in Oklahoma who was wanted in a shooting in southern California. The FBI says authorities arrested 24-year-old Leon Lowe on...
View ArticleAriel Castro agrees to plead guilty in Ohio kidnap case
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP Legal Affairs WriterCLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade agreed to plead guilty Friday in a deal to avoid...
View ArticleMan wanted in California shooting is arrested in Oklahoma
FROM STAFF REPORTSPONCA CITY — A man wanted on a complaint of attempted murder in California was arrested by Ponca City police Wednesday, the FBI reported Friday. Leon Lowe, 24, is being held in the...
View ArticleFormer Oklahoma nursing home employee, inmate face drug charges
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State prosecutors have charged a former Crescent nursing home employee and her state prison inmate boyfriend in connection with the theft of prescription drugs. Oklahoma Attorney...
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Former Oklahoma Corrections Department worker accused of sexually assaulting...
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comA former mailroom clerk at the state Corrections Department is accused of sexually assaulting a prisoner at department headquarters in Oklahoma City, authorities said....
View ArticleTwo seriously injured in 45-foot fall while rock climbing
BY JULIANA KEEPING jkeeping@opubco.comTwo people are in serious condition after falling 45 feet while using an Oklahoma City climbing facility, according to an Emergency Services Medical Authority...
View ArticleOklahoma crime briefs for July 27
CRIME BRIEFS Oklahoma City Woman charged in father's slaying An Oklahoma City woman was charged Friday with the slaying of her father in March.Read more on NewsOK.com
View ArticleProsecutors dismiss case against Wewoka murder defendant
BY TIM WILLERT twillert@opubco.comSeminole County prosecutors have dismissed their case against a Wewoka woman accused of running down her boyfriend with a car and leaving him to die on a secluded...
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Prosecutors return $21,227 more to Interstate 40 travelers
BY NOLAN CLAY nclay@opubco.comHINTON — A district attorney is returning funds in three more cases where his drug task force took money from travelers on Interstate 40. Two of the three cases involved...
View ArticleClimbing facility employees ‘responsive' in hospital
BY ADAM KEMP akemp@opubco.comTwo people injured after falling more than 30 feet while rock climbing on Friday at an Oklahoma City climbing facility are both responsive and receiving care, according to...
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Edmond boy, 8, reports being accosted, chased by man in black pickup
BY JULIANA KEEPING jkeeping@opubco.comEDMOND — An Edmond boy fled his neighborhood on bike after he said he was accosted and then chased by a man in a black pickup, his mother said. Beth Lamey said she...
View ArticleAfter plane crash, Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper remains hospitalized
BY JULIANA KEEPING jkeeping@opubco.comTECUMSEH — A veteran Oklahoma Highway Patrol pilot remained hospitalized in serious condition Saturday after his plane crashed in Pottawatomie County. The National...
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Private detective explores 1967 abduction of two girls in Oklahoma
BY KYLE HINCHEY khinchey@opubco.comA Lawton private detective thinks he has solved two cold cases from 1967, but he won't release the suspect's name.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Oklahoma Watch: Oklahoma State Penitentiary locked in vicious circle of...
BY CLIFTON ADCOCK and SHAUN HITTLEMcALESTER — The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, the state's oldest prison, has seen its inmate population fall to less than half of what it was five years ago as...
View ArticleOklahoma Watch: Deadly 1973 prison riot engulfed 'Big Mac'
BY SHAUN HITTLEMcALESTER — Forty years ago this month, a pent-up rage among inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester erupted in murderous violence. On July 27, 1973, “Big Mac,” as it's...
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Knife-wielding senior citizen dies after being Tasered, hit with bean bag rounds
PARK FOREST, Ill. - A 95-year-old suburban Chicago man who pulled a foot-long knife and threatened police with a cane and a shoehorn has died after officers used a Taser and a bean bag gun to subdue...
View ArticleSilver Alert issued for Oklahoma City man
FROM STAFF REPORTSA Silver Alert has been issued for an Oklahoma City man Sunday. Derek Lewis, 58, was last seen about 10:30 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com
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