A second grade teacher at a Sapulpa elementary school was arrested Monday at school after police discovered drugs and up to 40 syringes in her purse.
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For around 30 years, William Jay Stephens has owned Tornado King, Inc., a tornado shelter installation company. In the last few years, however, customers
have begun filing complaints against the company for shoddy or incomplete work.
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The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) has long been besieged with complaints that the agency is not doing right by Oklahoma's neglected and abused
children. Several deaths at the hands of abusive parents with a history of abuse led to questions about the agency's effectiveness in following up
on abuse complaints and its decision-making in returning children to abusive homes. In return, the agency became the subject of numerous federal lawsuits,
and, as a result, made some significant changes, but the agency still struggles in light of significant budget cuts thanks to Oklahoma's dismal budget
failure.
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An Oklahoma City woman accused of child abuse and terrorizing her grandchildren by dressing as a witch to punish them has been convicted and sentenced
in the case.
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An elderly woman walking her dog in her northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood was mauled to death by two large dogs roaming loose in the streets.
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Former Tulsa County Reserve Deputy Robert Bates, 75, was convicted last April of manslaughter, after he mistakenly pulled the trigger of his gun instead
of his taser and shot and killed a fleeing suspect. Bates's arrest and conviction highlighted numerous problems with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office
reserve program and exposed an alleged "pay to play" system that rewarded wealthy contributors by making them reserve officers--even if they were improperly
trained and ill-equipped for the job.
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An Oklahoma sex abuse suspect apprehended in Mexico is now back in Oklahoma to face charges.
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One of the first questions someone charged with a crime asks a criminal defense lawyer is, "Will I have to go to jail for this?" Obviously, there are a
lot of factors that figure into how much, if any, jail or prison time a person will serve, but there are many instances where a person can get probation
instead of incarceration. In Oklahoma, there are two ways for a defendant to serve probation instead of jail or prison: through a deferred sentence
or a suspended sentence.
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A Spring Break excursion turned to tragedy last week, when a 14-year-old Edmond boy lost his life in an UTV accident.
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Generally speaking, people would not be willing to take professional advice from a non-professional. In most cases, you would not ask your plumber to diagnose
your medical condition any more than you would ask your doctor to fix your leaky toilet. When it comes to getting an important job done right, you
go to the right professional for the job.
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