Oklahoma Crime News

23 arrested at overnight Oklahoma County sobriety checkpoint 6 hr ago Oklahoma County sheriff's deputies arrested 23 people overnight in Oklahoma City during the latest of a semi-monthly series of sobriety checkpoints. Deputies operated the checkpoint from about...

Police arrest 3 in Oklahoma City attack 23 hr ago Oklahoma City police arrested three women in connection to an attack against two Old Navy employees last week. Janelle Thomas, 19, Danielle Thomas, 21, and Tanisha McCoy, 22, were arrested Friday...

Louisiana woman charged in grits attack Yesterday | Add a comment BOUTTE, La. — A Louisiana woman is charged with getting back at her sleeping boyfriend after a fight by scalding him with a pot of boiling grits. Sheriff’s deputies say 44-year-old...

Lincoln County dispatchers look back on dramatic phone call Yesterday | Add a comment CHANDLER — During their two months of working nights together as Lincoln County 911 dispatchers, Brenda Hart and Joan Herd had fielded some intense emergency calls. But nothing had prepared...

Five arrested in connection with Friday slaying in Tulsa Yesterday A dispute over a female English bulldog may have been the reason a man was murdered Friday afternoon in Tulsa, police said. Guy Gilmore Jones, 40, was found dead in his home on Victor Avenue at...

Norman drug ring bust nets dozens of arrests Yesterday Federal officials and Norman police said Friday they have busted up a drug ring that involved 44 people in the illegal distribution of an often abused prescription painkiller. An FBI agent...

UCO has big week in news Yesterday | Add a comment Happy Saturday. Let’s take a look at some of the Edmond headlines from the week. • Education. Faculty and staff moved into the new University of Central Oklahoma Forensic Science...

Pope to tell Irish his regret over sex-abuse cover-up Yesterday | Add a comment VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI is deeply disturbed by a child sex-abuse scandal in Ireland and will write a letter to Catholics there in response to a report that found the church shielded...

Gang exposure studied among Hispanic youth Fri, Dec 11, 2009 | Add a comment WASHINGTON — Young Hispanics born in the U.S. are less likely to drop out of school and live in poverty than Hispanic immigrants of their age, but they have higher exposure to gangs and...

Bondsmen see people freed quickly from Cleveland County jail Fri, Dec 11, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Cleveland County bail bondsmen said they are seeing more people — many of whom are repeat offenders or charged with violent crimes — being released from the county jail...

Police look for 3 women in attack at Oklahoma City Old Navy Fri, Dec 11, 2009 Police are searching for three women who beat an Old Navy clothing store manager in the head with a hammer, The Oklahoman has learned. Oklahoma City police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said the attack...

Dad’s rotted body gets man 20 years Fri, Dec 11, 2009 | Add a comment GRETNA, La.— For 2 1/2 years, the body of 81-year-old Leroy Adams Sr. lay curled in bed, rotting down to a dark stain around a partly clothed skeleton. His son, a retired Army reserve...

Prosecutor named in case at Fort Hood Fri, Dec 11, 2009 | Add a comment FORT HOOD, Texas — A senior military official said Friday a new lead prosecutor has been appointed in the Fort Hood shooting case, a man who secured the death penalty in a similar case four...

Official is accused in hurricane damage scheme Fri, Dec 11, 2009 | Add a comment NEW ORLEANS — A member of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board has been indicted on charges he solicited kickbacks from companies with contracts to inspect damage from Hurricane Katrina....

2nd man arrested in fatal Oklahoma City shooting Fri, Dec 11, 2009 Police arrested a second man in connection with the suspected gang-related shooting death of 17-year-old Dejontae Durham in a club parking lot in November. Investigators said they believe there are...