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Police say man told them he shot Midwest City mother while she slept next to her children
Updated: Thu, Feb 9, 2012
Brodric Glover, 19, gave graphic details about his role in the Jan. 11 killing of Jessica Lynn Brown, 23, and her unborn child, Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said Thursday. He said Glover confessed and implicated Brown's estranged husband, Fabion Brown, and his girlfriend, Emily Matheson. Glover was... Read More
Brodric Glover, 19, gave graphic details about his role in the Jan. 11 killing of Jessica Lynn Brown, 23, and her unborn child, Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said Thursday. He said Glover confessed and implicated Brown's estranged husband, Fabion Brown, and his girlfriend, Emily Matheson. Glover was... Read More
Fugitives arrested in southeast Oklahoma City
Updated: Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Fugitives have been arrested in southeast Oklahoma City. The man had violated conditions of his parole from prison. Read More
Oklahoma to continue using pentobarbital in executions
Updated: Thu, Jan 27, 2011
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Oklahoma prison officials say they will continue using a sedative as part of the state's three-drug protocol for executing death row inmates in spite of objections by the drug's manufacturer.
Denmark-based Lundbeck, Inc. produces the drug pentobarbital and has said it opposes using the drug in lethal injections.... Read More
Two escapees caught in Wisconsin
Updated: Mon, Jul 10, 2006
Two escaped Oklahoma inmates were caught early this morning in Wisconsin, following a high-speed police pursuit and ending a week on the run for the two fugitives.
Benjamin Beck, 32, and Truman Gross, 24, led Wisconsin state troopers on a 25-mile chase at about 1 a.m. today along Interstate 90, said Greg... Read More
Escapees seen in Arkansas, Wichita
Updated: Thu, Jul 6, 2006
Two men who escaped from the Lexington Correctional Center late Sunday are suspected of robbing an Arkansas couple in their home, authorities said.
Benjamin Beck, 32, and Truman Gross, 24, are suspected of confronting a couple at their home in Bella Vista, Ark., said Jerry Massie, public... Read More
Female incarceration rates slow
Updated: Sat, Jun 3, 2006
Oklahoma continues to lead the nation in the rate of incarceration of women, but the state actually has slowed the steady stream in recent years, according to a recent study. "The Punitiveness Report," a study released by the Women's Prison Association, said Oklahoma incarcerated 129 women, sentenced to a year or... Read More
Killer, 74, becomes oldest to be executed in state
Updated: Fri, Jun 2, 2006
McALESTER - John Albert Boltz, 74, on Thursday became the oldest man in Oklahoma's history to be executed. Authorities executed Boltz by lethal injection after his attorney tried to win a last-minute stay, arguing the state's lethal injection procedure could cause unnecessary pain before Boltz died from the mix of... Read More
Rising fuel costs strain budgets
Updated: Sun, May 21, 2006
The state of Oklahoma, while benefiting from high energy prices, will pay an estimated 20 percent to 25 percent more for fuel in the upcoming fiscal year. The new fiscal year begins July 1. Those estimates are included in budget requests for the 2007 fiscal year. Even though this is the last week of the regular... Read More
'Dream life' may end for couple
Updated: Mon, May 1, 2006
A state prison is to open near their front porch. Sonny Hazel's morning routine is as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. He and his wife, Jamie Joy, drink coffee on their porch and watch deer nibble from a feeder. Their home is tucked beneath oak trees and sits on a hill in northeast Oklahoma City. It's a... Read More
Escapees' van found in Kansas
Updated: Tue, Oct 18, 2005
A van used by two inmates during their escape from Joseph Harp Correctional Center was found this morning in Kansas, state officials said. The green 1999 Dodge Caravan used by Pharon Johnson and Aaron Olsen was found abandoned just north of the Oklahoma border along Interstate 35, Department of... Read More
Judge charged state for trips, query finds
Updated: Sun, Feb 13, 2005
An appeals judge under investigation met with his former secretary's son twice in prison on trips made at court expense, The Oklahoman has learned. Judge Steve Lile saw the inmate June 24 and Sept. 18 at the William S. Key Correctional Center in Fort Supply, prison officials said. The trips are among those being... Read More
Andrew to be only woman on death row
Updated: Sun, Sep 19, 2004
Formal sentencing on murder conviction coming Wednesday. In a matter of days, convicted murderer Brenda Andrew will take up a unique position in Oklahoma's Corrections Department. She'll be the only woman in the state on death row. Andrew is scheduled to appear in Oklahoma County District Court on Wednesday to... Read More
Tornado tests prisons' readiness
Updated: Sun, May 18, 2003
Last week's tornadoes proved to state prison officials that the many drills and procedures they've drawn up for natural disasters can work. On May 9, tornadoes crashed through the metro area, eventually plowing into the Clara Waters Community Corrections Center near Interstate 35 and Hefner Road in north Oklahoma... Read More
Corrections center struck by tornado
Updated: Sun, May 11, 2003
An already difficult financial crisis became even more difficult for the Oklahoma Corrections Department on Friday when a tornado slammed into the Clara Waters Community Corrections Center. "This may impact our furloughs," said Jerry Massie, spokesman for the Corrections Department. "We'd probably like to rebuild... Read More
Inmates may have helped escapees
Updated: Tue, Mar 20, 2001
STRINGTOWN As the search for two escaped killers was scaled back Monday, corrections officials said other inmates at the Mack Alford Correctional Center may have helped in Friday's breakout. Seven inmates are being questioned about their suspected roles in the escape of William Dale Davis, 46, and Douglas Eugene... Read More
Escaped killers on guard, officials say
Updated: Mon, Mar 19, 2001
Two murderers who escaped Friday from Mack Alford Correctional Center are watching for law officers with the same intensity searchers are seeking the escapees, authorities said Sunday. "We think they have binoculars and could be on a higher altitude, said Jerry Massie, state Corrections Department spokesman.... Read More
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