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A jury convicted Dalton Hill, 28, in the February 2021 death of Roberta Ward, in her home, where he had been allowed to stay after moving from out of state.
A Moms Demand Action member said she was angry that the event turned out to be a "PR situation" rather than an actual town hall event with censored questions.
Chief Wendell Franklin talks about changes in the law that could help keep police officers — and the public — safer, but he says it's lawmakers' job to enact laws that balance public safety and Second Amendment rights.
U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan signed off on a plea agreement on lesser charges between Dameon Lamar Leathers and federal prosecutors.
A teenage suspect has been arrested on complaints of first-degree murder and first-degree burglary in connection with a west Tulsa homicide.
Michael Buttrey, 48, was dead from a gunshot wound when police arrived in the 1600 block of West 59th Street about 9:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals is being asked to set executions for 25 of the 28 convicted murderers who lost a legal challenge to the state's lethal injection protocol.
The woman told investigators that when then-Officer Deangelo Reyes "told her how easy it would be to put a girl with her record back in jail, she knew what that meant," an affidavit states. She was "terrified" that Reyes would "plant something to fabricate an arrest," according to the affidavit.
Casey Davis, now 37, was ordered to serve consecutive terms of 20 years and 10 years for the death of Joshua Hurd.
The first officer to arrive at the Natalie Building was taking his rifle out of his car when his colleague showed up. “They looked at each other (and) … said, ‘Are you ready?’ And they just went,” Chief Wendell Franklin said.
The three defendants will have to pay $795,158.50 in total restitution. The $209,991.11 the government has already seized from one of their bank accounts will go toward that total.
District Judge Michelle Keely ordered Codey Carrell to serve 10 years in Department of Corrections custody and register as a violent offender.
Karl Allen Fontenot, whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 35 years in prison for the killing of an Ada convenience store clerk, remains free despite the state's appeal.
At issue was the effectiveness of midazolam. Scheduled first could be convicted murderer Richard Glossip, whose innocence claim continues to find support.
The Tulsa Municipal Court will provide two amnesty sessions for citizens with outstanding parking and traffic citations through June 17.
The three are allegedly associated with criminal street gangs rival to the 17-year-old's.
Tracking those cases was a challenge before three tribes developed versions of the Oklahoma State Courts Network with online access to court filings and docket information.
But most declined cases have been referred to tribal courts, according to one federal prosecutor commenting on a Tulsa World analysis of the data.
Friends and relatives say the Sand Springs woman who was killed in Tulsa's mass shooting always put others first.
The victims were identified by Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin as Dr. Preston Phillips, Dr. Stephanie Husen, Amanda Glenn and William Love.
From the gunman's surgery to his legal purchase of two firearms, Tulsa police shared several details the day after the tragic events that left the shooter and four others dead.
Evidence indicates that Michael Christopher Jimenez of Glenpool severely beat his wife, Erica Jimenez, and then took her to Bird Creek and reported that she'd had a diving accident, according to the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.
The shooter was armed with a rifle and handgun and has been confirmed among the dead. His wound was self-inflicted, police said.
The threat was reported by Tulsa Police Department inside a residence on Park Place North, according to Muskogee Police Officer Lynn Hamlin.