The sudden resignation of Gov. Mary Fallin’s general counsel, Jennifer Chance, is linked to her referral of legal business to her husband, The Frontier has learned. Chance suggested that relatives of former Reserve Deputy Robert Bates hire her husband to seek commutation of his sentence.
Dr. Andrew Adusei was giving inmates injections of a saltwater “placebo” — apparently because he thought they were faking illness — and giving inmates injections in their jugular veins. Robinette called the issue a “personality conflict.”
Former Interim Sheriff testifies in the Elliott Williams trial that former Undersheriff Brian Edowards “believed there to be a lack of leadership, a lack of control and that I had dropped the ball.”
More than 10 minutes of Tammy Hanley’s interview with detectives was either muted or deleted. In an audio clip played in court Friday, the first 13 minutes of the interview are silent.
Elliott Williams was devoted to working in his parents’ ministry, his older brother testified Thursday. The siblings were close and saw each other at church three times each week.
Dr. Phillip Washburn, the jail’s medical director, didn’t respond to several requests from medical staff to examine Williams, a former director of nursing testified Wednesday.
In one instance, an inmate was “screaming and urinating blood.” Elandia Maloy testified. He needed to see an outside doctor, but jail administration would not approve the inmate to be seen.
“He would scream every night,” she said.
SQ 780 passed overwhelmingly and turned drug possession into a misdemeanor. If new proposed bill becomes law, much of Tulsa would revert to old rules.
