Court notebook: Search warrant filed in triple Oklahoma City homicide
View Untitled in a larger map Police filed a search warrant Monday for items inside a southwest Oklahoma City home where three people were found dead earlier this month. Officers responded to shots...
View ArticlePretrial set for former Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper charged with rape
A pretrial date has been set for a former Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper accused of raping a Guthrie woman while on duty June 20. Patrick Venable, 28, was ordered to stand trial after Special judge...
View ArticleOklahoma City police: Domestic dispute suspect still at large
Police are still looking for a man wanted in connection with a domestic dispute in southwest Oklahoma City Monday. Matthew Zachariah Dean, 29, is wanted on warrants of kidnapping, domestic assault...
View ArticleOklahoma City police look for man accused of taking photo underneath woman’s...
Police are looking for a man who used his cell phone to take a picture underneath a woman’s dress in west Oklahoma City. Master Sgt. Gary Knight said the man was at the Outlet Mall April 19 in the...
View ArticleBecky Bryan: Wife of slain Nichols Hills fire chief to be arraigned Tuesday
Rebecca Bryan, 53, of Mustang, is scheduled to be arraigned on a first-degree murder charge Tuesday in district court. She is accused of fatally shooting her husband, Keith Bryan, the Nichols Hills...
View ArticleOklahoma County authorities target underage drinking, alcohol sales
Oklahoma authorities are teaming up to target underage alcohol sales and drinking for the remainder of June. The Oklahoma County Metro Alcohol Task Force will perform compliance checks at bars and...
View ArticleNew pretrial date set for former Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper charged with...
A new pretrial court date has been set for a former Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper charged with second-degree rape. Patrick Venable, 28, is accused of raping a Guthrie woman while on duty June 20. He...
View ArticleOklahoma City police ask public to help identify robber
Police are looking for a man who stole a handgun and $1,000 from the Public Auto Auction in Oklahoma City earlier this year. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 405-235-7300.
View ArticleU.S. State Department releases 2012 human trafficking report
NPR reports that the U.S. State Department released a report Tuesday that estimates 27 million people are trafficked each year. The report ranks countries and looks at how victims can be protected. it...
View ArticleCop shop chronicles: “Don’t freak out, I’m robbing you,” and other gems
Visits to the “cop shop,” ie, the Oklahoma City Police Department, are a part of my weekly duties. There, reporters from the OKC media gather in a small third-floor room and peruse the freshest list of...
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