Oklahoma Briefs
Published: June 25, 2009
Bridge fall was accident
The 30-foot fall of a 17-year-old from a bridge near Harrah was an accident, the Oklahoma City sheriff’s office said in a news release. The girl, whose name was not released, said she had been drinking with her boyfriend, Joshua McCaulley, 19, who was arrested on a DUI complaint, and another person at a house when she learned her car was missing about 12:40 a.m. Tuesday. She ran to a bridge on U.S. 62 and saw vehicles driving toward her, misjudged her position on the bridge and jumped "for safety,” the news release states.
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Ozone threat brings alert
Officials have issued an ozone alert for the Oklahoma City area. To cut ozone levels, the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments suggests riding the bus, refueling cars in the evening and refraining from using gasoline mowers. People with asthma, over 65, under 18 or with respiratory problems, cardiovascular disease or diabetes can be susceptible to high levels of ozone.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Sign work to shut lanes
Overhead sign work will lead to the closure of some lanes of the Broadway Extension between Memorial Road and NW 63 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday, state Transportation Department spokeswoman Mills Gotcher said. The work is part of an ongoing project.
MATT DINGER,
STAFF WRITER
In brief
ENID
Bogus bills circulating
An Enid bank is warning its business customers of the circulation of counterfeit $100 bills. Security National Bank told businesses to check the bills after hearing reports of $5 bills being bleached and reprinted as $100 bills. The bank advised the best way to detect the altered bills is by the watermark.
JOHN WILLIAMS,
STAFF WRITER
NEWKIRK
Theft ring discovered
Law enforcement officials in Kay County have uncovered a large burglary ring. Kay County sheriff’s deputy Terry Rose said the department got information on stolen property that led to the findings. The investigation so far spans three counties including Kay County and Cowley and Sumner counties in Kansas.
JOHN WILLIAMS,
STAFF WRITER
SALLISAW
No charges in dad’s death
Prosecutors said the shooting death of a man by his daughter near Brent was justified and no charges will be filed. Assistant District Attorney John David Luton said Tuesday that Felicia Foreman, 22, was defending her mother when she shot and killed Keith Foreman, 47, on June 18. Keith Foreman’s wife, Shelli Foreman, told investigators her husband terrorized her for about four hours with guns and knives and wrapped a cord around her neck. Shelli Foreman said her daughter arrived during the incident. When Keith Foreman forced her to the ground with a gun at her head, Felicia Foreman picked up another gun and shot.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OKLAHOMA CITY
Seminoles set city meeting
Mekusukey council representative Eula Doonkeen, the lone representative to the Seminole Nation’s governing council from Oklahoma City, and Vice Chief Larry Harrison will hold a meeting to discuss and answer questions on the tribe’s current financial status and programs. Tribal members are encouraged to attend the meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Glorietta Baptist Church, 7308 S Western Ave.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Car hits apartments
A suspected drunken driver was arrested and her 4-year-old son taken into state custody after the woman reportedly crashed her car into an apartment building in the 3800 block of Ann Arbor on Tuesday, police said. Stephanie Nicole Taliaferro, 34, was arrested on complaints of child endangerment, driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to secure her preschooler in a car seat. Police received the call about 1:16 a.m. Tuesday.
JOHNNY JOHNSON,
STAFF WRITER
STILLWATER
Trial ordered in 3 deaths
A Payne County man was ordered to trial Wednesday in the shooting deaths of three people. Chad Lansford-Barela, 21, faces first-degree murder charges in the deaths of Douglass Mason Peck, 27, Albert Sernas, 21, and Elizabeth Hueser, 19, a former girlfriend. Cushing police Sgt. Mark Jobe testified during the preliminary hearing that Barela confessed to killing Peck and Sernas because they were "snitches.”
SHEILA STOGSDILL,
STATE CORRESPONDENT
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