A former Oologah High School teacher who was accused of having a sexual relationship with a student pleaded no contest Thursday to a lesser assault charge.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol released 44 pages of documents Friday, nearly a year and a half after the Tulsa World first requested records related to the April 7, 2018, incident. The agency provided the newspaper with the chase's video three weeks ago, which doesn't show the crash because the rollover caused an equipment malfunction, according to the agency.
The case involved nine children living in a two-bedroom mobile home that reportedly was littered with feces and infested with cockroaches and rodents in rural Delaware County. The children reportedly were physically and mentally tortured by Deidre Matthews, their foster mother, while their foster father failed to intervene.
Willard O'Neal was convicted in March 2004 of murder and received a life without parole sentence in the Dec. 23, 2001, shooting of Bruce Chamberlain, who owned the Trapeze Lounge at 3113 S. 101st East Avenue. He also had a sentence of life with the possibility of parole related to the shooting of Gildardo "Tonto" Rueda, an employee at the club who survived his injuries.
Renier Davison, 25, pleaded no contest to one count each of leaving the scene of a fatality collision and causing an accident while driving without a valid license in the April 23 death of Caiden Reyes-Ortiz near 31st Street and Riverside Drive.
Mary Elizabeth Moore, 34, of Miami, Oklahoma, was charged in Delaware County District Court with two counts of child neglect involving two children, ages 5 and 3.
Ian Cole was 15 when he faced a first-degree murder charge as an adult in the death of 45-year-old Melissa Cole, whose body was found in a third-floor apartment in the Tulsa Arts District on Sept. 27, 2016. He pleaded no contest in 2017 to second-degree murder, which made him eligible for classification as a youthful offender and therefore able to receive treatment supervised by the Office of Juvenile Affairs.
In an era when the deck too often seemed stacked against them, Dialectic was an outspoken defender of women victimized by domestic violence or sexual assault.
District Judge James Caputo and District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler traded jabs in separate appearances on a morning radio talk show over the decade long-probation given in a case where the district attorney sought a 10-year stint in prison.
Authorities alleged in April 2017 that Spurlock and Patteson failed to seek medical attention for nearly a full day after discovering that Spurlock's 12-year-old daughter had ingested a bottle of amitriptyline.
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Owners of Tate Publishing get deferred sentences and ordered to pay nearly $1 million restitution for defrauding customers of their vanity press.
Terms of imprisonment for each of the counts ranged from one year in the county jail for five misdemeanors they faced to up to 10 years for two of the felonies, an embezzlement and conspiracy charge.
Joshua Randall Wood, 36, pleaded no contest to allegations he assaulted a then-11-year-old girl within the Wagoner County portion of Broken Arrow.
Joshua Randall Wood, 36, pleaded no contest to allegations he assaulted a then-11-year-old girl within the Wagoner County portion of Broken Arrow.
The Wagoner Bulldog Band endured cold, wet conditions when competing at the Beggs Invitational Marching Competition held Saturday, Oct. 13 in Beggs.
Perry Public Schools is facing a second federal lawsuit, this one filed Monday by the parents of a girl who allege the district did nothing to protect her from former teacher’s aide Arnold Cowen, who was convicted of molesting multiple girls at an elementary school and sentenced to prison.
Zachary Reed, 19, has received a one-year deferred sentence after pleading no contest in an agreement with prosecutors to amend a first-degree manslaughter charge down to negligent homicide.
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PRYOR — A former Claremore woman received a suspended sentence after pleading no contest for making up a report that she had been attached by clowns.
An ex-principal accused of failing to report molestation accusations against a former teacher’s aide will plead guilty Thursday and avoid jail time. Kenda Miller ignored multiple girls who complained about Arnold Cowen in late 2016 and early 2017, prosecutors allege.
A woman who had a romantic relationship with a Collinsville man who was convicted of child sexual abuse and child neglect last year pleaded guilty to similar charges Wednesday.
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A woman who had a romantic relationship with a Collinsville man who was convicted of child sexual abuse and child neglect last year pleaded guilty to similar charges Wednesday.
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Dorothea Annette Butanda is accused of trying to conceal her sons' involvement by helping remove evidence from the crash site.
William Stephens, 55, of Muskogee, pleaded no contest and received a five-year deferred sentence after customers claimed they paid his company Tornado King for storm shelters that were never installed.
Dedlorn Sanders Jr., 51, entered a no-contest plea to one count of outraging public decency. A 90-day deferred sentence means his case will be expunged if he pays his fine and costs, maintains his medication regimen, and does not pick up a new criminal case.
