For The Record – August 2007
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Sex offenders Clayton Edward Bolton, 36, of Stillwater, Keith Allen Lawrence, 39, of Oklahoma City, and Harvey Joe Deese II, 33, of Oklahoma City indicted by federal grand jury for failure to register. Link
Edward Clayton, 47, of Muskogee, charged with forcible sodomy pleaded guilty to an amended charge of lewd molestation of girl 7 or 8 years old when the molestation occurred. Link
Accused child rapist Vincent A. “Bud” LeDoux, 49, who spent ten years on the run arrested in Livingston, Texas. Link and returned to Cherokee County where he pleads guilty to molesting his step-daughters and is sentenced to 80 years. Link
Auston Jack Mullen, 40, of Cherokee County, charged with rape by instrumentation of a 13-year-old girl. Link Also, see this Clarification From Article Publisher
Mark Evans Mashburn, 30, of Broken Arrow, pleaded guilty to possessing a visual depiction of child pornography that had been transmitted by computer. Link
Augustine Gardiner, a former Tulsa Public Schools bus driver sentenced to three years in prison on an indecent exposure charge for showing pictures of his penis to three girls who were bus passengers. Link
Clarence Eldridge, 53, of Bartlesville, arrested for the alleged rape of a 16-year-old developmentally disabled girl. Link
Former Army sergeant Scott William Johnson sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for trying to arrange a sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl. Link
Appeal bond for convicted child molester Raymond Leon Newman revoked after he allegedly showed an unwillingness to follow instructions and “consistently denies he’s ever done anything wrong”. Link
Hardin Jarrell, of Oklahoma City, arrested on allegations of rape and lewd acts with a child in sexual assault on 9-year-old he was babysitting. Link
James Cortland Richardson, 26, of Del City, arrested and charged with sexual abuse of a child he was babysitting. Link
Vernetta Lynn Morris, 38, of Midwest City, was charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Link
Brothers Brian Johnson, 25, and Anthony Johnson, 17, sentenced in Muskogee County for raping and sodomizing a 16-year-old girl. Link
Heath Hardin, 20, and his wife, Dessa Hardin, 17, of Cherokee County, arrested on allegation of rape of a 15-year-old girl. Link
Rodney N. Riggs, 39, of Enid, accused of molesting three 13-year-old girls charged and then freed on $15,000 bail. Link 1 and Link 2
Darrin Ted Gilbert, of Sulphur, arrested and taken to Muskogee where he’s charged in federal court with sexual exploitation of children. Link 1 and Link 2
Robert Eugene Hunt, 47, of Adair, jailed on complaints of rape and sodomy of a 15-year-old girl. Link
Joel William Allen, 39, of Sallisaw, bound over for trial for molestation of two sisters, who was 12 and 8 at the time Allen allegedly first touched them inappropriately. Link
An Illinois man, Daniel Joseph Greenfield, 29, arrested in Choctaw and charged with five counts of making lewd or indecent proposals to a child under 15, one count of distribution of obscene material and two counts of possession of a firearm. Link
Gary Lynn Flannigan, 39 arrested in Sapulpa on allegation of child sexual abuse. Link
Jose Retana Ramos wanted in Durant on allegations of the sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl. Police believe Ramos fled to Mexico. Link
Convicted murderer Gary Lee Reece bound over for trail on charges of molesting three children more than two decades ago. Link
Trial date set for Anthony Duncan, 22, of Inola, accused of sexually assaulting a pre-teen girl. Link
Convicted sex offender Cassandra Middleton, 45, of Midwest City, in trouble for choice of residence. Link
Sentencing hearing has been set for Charles Barry Shaffer, 45, a former Tahlequah minister charged with sending an obscene picture over the Internet. Link
David Abston, 56, a former Muskogee Police Officer and former Broken Arrow skating rink owner sentenced to 30 years in child porn case. Link
Jonathan D. Dutcher, 18, of Enid, charged with first-degree rape for allegedly sleeping with a 13-year-old girl at a birthday party at his house. Link
Kerry Joe Smith, of Oklahoma City, charged with the death of 23-month-old girl and the sexual abuse of the girl and her 9-month-old brother. Link
Kenneth Sutterfield, 16, of Stillwater, has been charged as a youthful offender for alleged lewd actions with a 9-year-old female. Link
