Benjamin Cole was sentenced to death for the 2002 murder of his infant daughter in Rogers County. Police said he broke the child’s spine when she was crying and interrupting him playing a video game.
Brinkley could face 20 years on each of the five wire fraud counts and three years on a tax evasion count. However, prosecutors said because he struck a plea deal, it is unlikely he will serve that amount of time.
Warren Crittenden, 44, a former jailer and supervisor over TCSO’s reserve deputy program, found himself embroiled in two high-profile cases this year.
Bates’ attorney, Clark Brewster, argues in a motion to dismiss that Bates, as a state official, is “entitled to qualified immunity” from liability for civil damages.
The law firm retained by the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office in June to stop a grand jury from being impaneled billed the county $12,839 between June 11-24, records show.
The form was sent in an email to employees last week with the subject line “All Staff Must Sign Form.” It is titled “Proprietary Information and Works for Hire Acknowledgement.”
Former spokesman Maj. Shannon Clark and Deputy Billy McKelvey testified before the grand jury examining allegations of wrongdoing by Sheriff Stanley Glanz and current or former employees. The grand jury has heard testimony from at least 10 witnesses during five days of proceedings in Tulsa County District Court.
Host RJ Young chats with The Frontier editor in chief, Ziva Branstetter, and Tulsa Voice columnist Barry Friedman about buzz-worthy news of the week, including more scandal at the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, the REI dustup and Ted Cruz comes to town.
