Nearly two years after deadly prison riot, seven inmates face charges
If found guilty, the prisoners could face up to life in prison, according to court documents.
Update: Judge issues order halting Arkansas’ executions
A judge on Saturday issued an order stopping the seven executions Arkansas had scheduled for later this month.
Video: Surveillance footage of shooting at Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show
The Frontier acquired surveillance footage of the shooting showing Brian Pounds point the gun in the direction of three people before pulling the trigger.
‘I was infuriated:’ After 52 pepper spray incidents at juvenile facilities in 5 years, OJA considers plan to stop
Office of Juvenile Affairs records show in less than five years, staff have used pepper spray in 52 incidents on 62 children. The agency is considering expediting its plan to get rid of it.
Security guard accidentally shot over the weekend at Wanenmacher’s Tulsa Arms Show
Former TCSO Sgt. Rick Treadwell said he and Brian Pounds, a Tulsa County assessor, were working security at the show on Saturday when Pounds pointed a weapon at a nearby wall and fired. The bullet struck Treadwell in the finger.
Agency won’t release records from facility where juvenile died
“The public should know about the number of incidents — particularly preventable incidents —that occur in the facility that someone’s child could be housed in,” Smolen said.
State rep pushing for harsher drug laws gave 2007 plea deal to alleged cop killer
Scott Biggs, R-Chickasha, is seeking to return drug possession to a felony crime. But records show that a decade ago, Biggs let the man now charged with killing a Tecumseh cop avoid prison on a meth charge.
Before allegedly killing Tecumseh police officer, Byron Shepard had been charged with at least 12 crimes. But he had never spent a day in prison
How had Byron Shepard avoided prison for so long despite his lengthy criminal past?