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A woman who sued over alleged rapes in the Tulsa Jail sobbed on the witness stand Thursday as she recounted the assaults by a jailer. Testimony emerged that the jailer had criminal convictions that TCSO was reportedly not aware of.
A portion of the evaluation seemed to specifically address problems with former Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office reserve deputy Robert Bates — but he was not named in the document.
A woman whose story was featured in a December series by The Frontier has filed a multimillion dollar federal civil lawsuit against the former Rogers County District Attorney and her husband, alleging they orchestrated a scheme to use her to cause a scandal for Sheriff Scott Walton.
During the fourth day of testimony in a federal civil trial, former Sheriff Stanley Glanz says his office did not follow policies designed to protect juveniles in the jail. Acting Sheriff Michelle Robinette testified those policies do not apply because girls are housed in the jail’s medical unit.
An expert testifies that former Sheriff Stanley Glanz was “deliberately indifferent” to the risk girls would be assaulted in the jail. Meanwhile, a juror was dismissed for posting on Facebook about his jury duty.
Detectives offered chilling testimony about 2015 slayings of the Bever family in Broken Arrow and the story of a 13-year-old sister who survived the attacks. A judge ruled Robert and Michael Bever will face trial in the killings.
During a contentious day in federal court, jurors heard a former TCSO captain describe his investigation into allegations that a detention officer had sexually abused a teenage girl held in the jail. The federal judge also criticized a defense attorney for bringing up the girl’s criminal record.
