To spare trauma to the survivors of last year’s gruesome Broken Arrow massacre, Tulsa County DA Steve Kunzweiler accepted Robert Bever’s life-without-parole plea. However, it seems exceedingly unlikely Michael Bever will avoid the courtroom.
Following a high-profile officer-involved shooting, Wagoner County prosecutors enlisted the help of a controversial investigator. Then they were faced with another one.
County Commissioner Karen Keith talks with The Frontier about the Juvenile Justice Center and two new developments on the upcoming construction.
As law enforcement agencies across the nation continue to seek ways to study on and improve their relationships with the public, the Tulsa Police Department has launched its citizen attitude and opinion survey.
Everyone in court thought Stanley Majors’ suggestion that he move away from the Jabara family was a good idea. So why didn’t they hold him to that request?
The judge gave prosecutors two options: leave Majors’ bail at $30,000 with a new condition that he move from his home into an apartment far away from the family he allegedly tormented, or have his bail upped to $60,000.
Court records appear to show attorneys settled on the latter.
The security guard was in plain clothes and driving an unmarked pickup when he shot Monroe Bird. He had marijuana in his backpack and was taking seizure medicine that impacts decision making and reaction time. The state revoked the guard’s license, but prosecutors declined to charge him.
Haifa Jabara was on a walk last year when the car struck her from behind, knocking her unconscious. Her shoes landed 44 feet away from her body, and police almost immediately suspected her neighbor, Vernon Stanley Majors.
