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Arrest adds new twist in Oklahoma City pharmacy shooting

BY NOLAN CLAY   
Published: September 24, 2009



An ex-convict’s girlfriend was arrested Wednesday afternoon after police alleged she was involved in the robbery of an Oklahoma City pharmacy in May.

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What authorities allege drugstore robbery suspects did:

• Jevontia Ingram, then 14, wore a ski mask, pointed a gun inside the store and demanded money and drugs.


• Antwun Parker, 16, wore a ski mask, went inside the store with Ingram and used a piece of wood to keep the pharmacy door open.


• Anthony Morrison, 43, recruited Ingram and Parker, advised them what to do, gave Ingram a gun and waited outside store in a car.


• Emanuel Mitchell, 31, recruited Ingram and Parker, drove them to the drugstore and waited in a stolen car.


• Rozina Sayles, 44, let Morrison use her car for robbery, rode along with Morrison to the drugstore and was present when he gave directions to Ingram and Parker.

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The arrest was the latest twist in a complicated case that attracted national attention after one of the robbers was fatally shot.

Rozina Sayles, 44, of Oklahoma City was arrested on complaints of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery with a firearm. She has not been charged.

She was identified as the girlfriend of Anthony D. Morrison, one of two men accused of recruiting two teenagers to rob the Reliable Discount Pharmacy. Morrison has been in and out of prison since he was 18 for robbery and other crimes.

Police allege Sayles was in the car with Morrison on May 19 when he advised the teenagers what drugs to demand during the robbery. Prosecutors said she provided one of two cars used in the robbery.

The case gained widespread attention when prosecutors released to the media a recording from a surveillance camera showing pharmacist Jerome Ersland killing one of the teenage robbers. Prosecutors used the recording to explain their decision to charge Ersland with first-degree murder.

Killed was Antwun "Speedy” Parker, 16, of Oklahoma City.

Prosecutors allege Ersland went too far, shooting Parker on the floor five more times after knocking Parker unconscious with a shot to the head. Ersland contends he acted in self-defense because Parker was getting back up. Prosecutors say Parker was unarmed. Ersland insists Parker had a gun. Prosecutors have both been praised and sharply criticized for the decision to charge the pharmacist.

In a separate case, prosecutors also have charged Morrison, 43, Emanuel D. Mitchell, 31, and Jevontia Ingram, 15, with first-degree murder. All three are from Oklahoma City. Oklahoma law allows conspirators to be charged with murder if an accomplice dies during a robbery.

Ingram was 14 at the time of the robbery. Police in May reported Ingram confessed, admitting he and his friend, Parker, were asked to rob the pharmacy. Ingram said he is the one who had the gun. He said Parker was unarmed.

Ingram is cooperating with prosecutors and is expected to testify Friday against Morrison and Mitchell at their preliminary hearing in the murder case. Mitchell also has a long criminal record.

Ingram first told police detectives in May about Sayles’ involvement, court records show. He talked about it again Sept. 17 during an interview with Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater.

Ingram said "Sayles was present” when Morrison gave him the gun and instructed him on how to rob the pharmacy and what drugs to ask for, police investigator Ryan Porter reported Wednesday.

"Based on the information obtained ... Prater accepted the state charges,” Porter reported.

Oklahoma County sheriff deputies arrested Sayles without incident after spotting her going into an apartment at The Lodge Apartments in Oklahoma City about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, a sheriff’s spokesman said.

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