Oklahoma Crime News

Thin blue line in Norman is now 22 officers stronger 18 hr ago | Leave a comment NORMAN — Twenty-two new police officers will hit the streets next week after receiving their badges in graduation ceremonies Friday at the Norman Police Department’s 47th police...

Report names 4 Yukon stores 18 hr ago | Leave a comment YUKON — The city’s police department this month conducted alcohol compliance checks on businesses to determine whether clerks are selling alcohol to minors, citing employees at four...

Oklahoma Briefs 19 hr ago | Leave a comment TULSA Inmate wins new trial A federal appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that granted a new trial to an Oklahoma death row inmate. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday...

Shots fired at Oklahoma County Jail draw man’s arrest 19 hr ago A man was arrested Friday night on complaints he fired gunshots in various locations in the city, including outside the Oklahoma County Jail, police said. Oklahoma City Police Lt. Chris Gayhart...

Army makes $207K deal to jail Fort Hood suspect 19 hr ago | Leave a comment SAN ANTONIO — The Army reportedly plans to pay $207,000 to keep the suspect in the Fort Hood shooting rampage at a Texas jail for six months. The San Antonio Express-News reported Friday on...

Oklahoma officials debate how to restrain some juveniles 19 hr ago | Leave a comment The board that governs the Office of Juvenile Affairs remains undecided on the use of pepper spray in juvenile facilities. A measure to allow use of the deterrent failed Friday in a vote of 3-3....

Henry halts execution to consider clemency 19 hr ago Next month’s scheduled execution of an inmate on death row for 23 years will be delayed so the governor may review a pending clemency recommendation, the governor’s office said Friday....

Man faces jury trial in 1986 Oklahoma City death case 19 hr ago A drifter lowered his head Friday after he was ordered to face trial in the 1986 death of a woman abducted from an Oklahoma City mall. Kyle Richard Eckardt, 44, was charged last year with...

Prosecutors reduce charges in phone plot 19 hr ago | Leave a comment NEW ORLEANS — Federal prosecutors filed reduced charges Friday against conservative activist James O’Keefe and three others who were accused of attempting to tamper with the phones in...

Death ordered in three Norman killings 20 hr ago NORMAN — William Eugene Davis — handcuffed and wearing a garish jail-issued hot pink shirt and yellow-and-white striped pants — stood unflinching Friday as a Cleveland County...

World Briefs 20 hr ago | Leave a comment NATION 20 people hit in bb gun cases SALT LAKE CITY — Police say more than 20 people have been hit in a rash of drive-by BB gun shootings in the suburbs around Salt Lake City. The shootings...

In TV interview, Oklahoma doctor says he didn't kill wife 20 hr ago John Baxter Hamilton, an Oklahoma City physician convicted of murdering his wife on Valentine’s Day 2001, proclaimed his innocence in a prison interview that aired Friday on "Dateline...

OHP trooper agrees to quit under kicking-case plea 20 hr ago | Leave a comment OKMULGEE — A state trooper caught on video kicking a handcuffed woman pleaded no contest Friday to a misdemeanor assault and battery charge and agreed to leave law enforcement. Barry Jacob...

Shots fired at Oklahoma County jail lead to man's arrest 20 hr ago A man was arrested tonight on complaints he fired shots in various locations in the city, including outside the Oklahoma County Jail, police said. Oklahoma City Police Lt. Chris Gayhart said...

Police want cash found in files to be released 21 hr ago | Leave a comment EDMOND — A teenager said he was handed $55 in 1996 and the person who gave it to him ran away. Edmond police still have that money and now they want to keep it. One officer found a dime....