On January 12, 2009 former Woodward County Sheriff Leslie Morton, shown above, appeared in Woodward County District Court for a preliminary hearing on 9 counts of embezzlement. It was alleged that Morton, while sheriff, used his county-issued vehicle and fuel card for personal use.
At that time, Morton entered a no contest plea to five [...]
A Major County jury has found Former Custer County Sheriff Michael Burgess guilty on 13 felony counts, including five counts of second-degree rape and three counts of bribery by a public official, in the latest jail house sex slave scandal in Oklahoma.
After eight hours of deliberation on Friday and Saturday the jury returned with the [...]
Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between the cops and the crooks, and such is the case for the cops in Vinita, Oklahoma called in to crack the case of who passed the funny money at the Wal-Mart.
Vinita Assistant Chief Of Police Barry Armstrong was quoted in media reports as saying that the [...]
The Grady County Gambling Raid case came to a logical conclusion Friday when former Grady County Sheriff Kieran McMullen, his wife Helen McMullen and two former deputies Delmer Barthelme and Robert Cacy pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty for allowing illegal gambling at the Chickasha Elks Lodge.
The plea deal between [...]
July 29th will be a big day for Woodward County Sheriff Leslie Morton, shown above, as it is primary election day and he is facing two opponents in the Democrat primary race for Sheriff of Woodward County.
Sheriff Morton may be a bit distracted on election day as that is also the scheduled date of his [...]
