Oklahoma Crime News

Texas mom in starving case changes plea to guilty 3 min ago | Leave a comment DALLAS -- A mother whose three children were found starving after being shut away in a hotel bathroom for as long as nine months changed her plea to guilty Friday, bringing her trial to a sudden end. Abneris Santiago's plea on the third day of testimony comes one day after she apologized to her 12-year-old... Read More

Former Owasso teacher faces four felony counts 6 min ago OWASSO - A former Owasso High Schools science instructor was charged Friday with allegedly using an electronic device to look up the skirts of female students during class. Martin Zocher, 37, of Claremore, faces four felony counts in Tulsa County District Court of use of video equipment in a clandestine manner... Read More

OSBI offers reward in burning death of Altus man 10 min ago The OSBI is still looking for clues in the burning death of Johnny Ray Lee in Altus. Read More

Oklahoma City police looking for driver of pickup who struck and killed motorcyclist 12 min ago A man was killed on a motorcycle last week. Police are seeking help to find the driver of a pickup Read More

Name of man killed in crash with police officer released 29 min ago Police have released the name of a man killed in crash with police officer. The officer's name has also been released. Read More

Florida store manager tells robber Jesus wouldn't approve 29 min ago | Leave a comment POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- A cell phone store manager in South Florida dissuaded an armed man from robbing the store by telling him Jesus wouldn't approve. Instead of panicking when the suspect pulled a weapon, Nayara Goncalves started talking with him. He was jobless, and the 20-year-old Christian offered to connect... Read More

Police: Child shot Friday afternoon in Tulsa 1 hr ago Tulsa Police responded to The Chalet apartment complex, 3900 S. Cincinnati Ave., after a father called police saying his child has been shot. According to Tulsa Police Capt. Randy Hughes, just before noon a 7-year-old boy living in one of the apartments heard men fighting in the parking lot just outside the first... Read More

Oklahoma City mom gets 20 years for enabling child abuse 1 hr ago Oklahoma City woman let boyfriend take care of their daughter even though he was a convicted child abuser. Read More

Edmond man arrested after neighbor reports molestation 2 hr ago A 9-year-old girl reported she was sexually assaulted by her neighbor who asked her to watch his grandson. James W. Hampton, 55, is out of jail on $45,000 bail. Read More

Suspected mall thief was no match for Moore cheerleader 5 hr ago | Leave a comment A Moore student says instincts kicked in when she saw a man fleeing at Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City. She tackled the man and held him down until security arrived. Read More

Ex-Choctaw Co. deputy sheriff sentenced for assaulting 3 men 8 hr ago | Leave a comment MUSKOGEE — A former Choctaw County deputy sheriff has been sentenced to prison for assaulting three men while he was a deputy. Read More

Obama signs bill aiding tribal police 8 hr ago | Leave a comment After an introduction by a Sicangu Lakota woman who said her 1994 rape was never prosecuted, President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday a bill passed in response to what is being called a crisis in law enforcement in Indian country. Read More

Norman restaurant employees stop armed robbery 9 hr ago Norman police say a man with a gun tried to rob the Asian Buffet restaurant Wednesday night, but was stopped and subdued by employees. Read More

Oklahoma City homicide detectives investigate Edmond bicyclist's death 14 hr ago Suspicious details have surfaced in the death of Alan Spencer, 56, of Edmond, who was struck by a vehicle and killed July 17 while riding his bicycle in northeast Oklahoma City, police say. Read More

Two men sought in Oklahoma City rape case 14 hr ago A woman reported to Oklahoma City police two men abducted her and raped her Sunday. Police are looking for information in the case, including the driver of a red Jeep Cherokee who may have seen the woman's vehicle near Purcell. Read More