Crime

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Drumright woman, who is currently in federal custody, pleaded guilty Friday in Payne County District Court to possessing a chainsaw that was reportedly stolen from a... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 32-year-old Chandler man currently incarcerated for multiple property crimes in Lincoln County was given two 10-year prison terms Friday for embezzling from Ward Electric in Cushing and... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 33-year-old woman, who was convicted of domestic abuse in Perkins, has been jailed on $20,000 bail pending a July 1 court appearance on a felony charge accusing... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- Payne County charges have been dropped against a 69-year-old man accused of shooting a man, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and trafficking 32 pounds of... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A former Cushing man on probation for marijuana and property crimes has been jailed on $100,000 bail pending his June 18 arraignment on a charge of possessing 28... Read More.

By Patti Weaver       (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 34-year-old Yale man has been given a 30-year prison term followed by 10 years of probation for exploiting a 6-year-old for child pornography in a case... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 52-year-old Stillwater man and his 22-year-old employee have been charged as co-defendants with murdering a young customer, burying his body, and operating a chop shop in rural... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A 61-year-old Stillwater woman, who admitted embezzling $138,102 from the Payne County Sheriff's Office while she was its office manager, has been given a six-year prison term followed... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- An ex-convict from Cushing and his girlfriend from Drumright have been charged with stealing copper wire from a Contango Resources oil well site in Ripley, damaging the company's... Read More.

By Patti Weaver     (Stillwater, Okla.) -- A Cushing teenager accused of stealing her ex-boyfriend's dog has been mailed a letter from the District Attorney's Office ordering her to appear in Payne County District Court... Read More.