Archive for the 'Gene Stipe' Category

The Gene Stipe Dance

Yesterday and today have been fascinating for “Stipe Watchers”.
Yesterday’s news was that U.S. Judge Ronald White issued a written denial after Gene Stipe’s attorneys requested on Tuesday that he be allowed to stay in the state.
This morning the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Stipe a “stay” of that order, therefore letting Stipe [...]

Gene Stipe To Prison Hospital

Former State Senator and convicted felon Gene Stipe has been ordered to report to the U.S. Medical Center for Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri for up to 30 days for a mental evaluation to determine Stipe’s competency.
And Stipe’s attorney Clark Brewster was apparently fit to be tied in spite of his own request for a health [...]

Closing In On Gene Stipe

There can be little if any doubt left that the feds are closing in on former Oklahoma Senator Gene Stipe.
In a Tulsa Word report dated today and titled, “Estranged associate could receive immunity for testifying against Stipe“, U.S. Attorney Sheldon Sperling was reported as confirming an immunity deal for former Stipe business partner Steven Phipps.
Among [...]

Big Week for Gene Stipe

This week promises to be a big week for former state senator Gene Stipe who resigned in disgrace in conjunction with his guilty pleas in a campaign contribution scandal.
On Thursday Stipe, who served over fifty years in the Oklahoma Legislature, will appear in the Eastern District of Oklahoma federal courthouse in Muskogee for a probation [...]

Stipe Hunting

‘Stipe Hunting’ has replaced ’snipe hunting’ as Oklahoma’s favorite imaginary pastime.
Only with ‘Stipe Hunting’ more often than not the prey of the hunt is real, very real and it is none other than former Oklahoma Senator and convicted felon Gene Stipe.
The latest outbreak of ‘Stipe Hunting’ resulted from a report in The Oklahoman on August [...]