Judge Sets Bond For Two Seized In Cattle Probe
Two Talibina men Melvin Wayne Dean 20 and Vernon Henry Driver 53 were arraigned in Tillman County District Court on larceny of domestic animals charges tied to a multi state cattle rustling and stock trailer theft ring. Bond set at 12500 for Dean and 25000 for Driver. investigations indicate 300 to 350 cattle and about a dozen stock trailers were involved across Oklahoma Texas Colorado and western Arkansas.
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Frederick
Talibina
Tillman County
Melvin Wayne Dean
Vernon Henry Driver
Driver
Harrison Roe
Dean
Marion Lewis Ranch
Denver Woodall
Greenwood
Ark
Lewis
Newell Promoted and Transferred to Desk Lieutenant
John Newell, 30, in his eighth year with the Lawton Police Department, has been promoted from master officer to second lieutenant and moved to the front desk as a desk lieutenant on January 20. A Southwest Oklahoma native, he joined in October 1970 and has served in patrol and traffic. He is a Elgin High School graduate, attended Oklahoma State University, and served four years in the Marine Corps. He and his wife Phylis have a son, John II.
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John Newell
Lawton
Newell
Southwest Oklahoma
Elgin High School
Oklahoma State University
Marine
Phylis
John II
Trial Set In Probe Of City Rape Case
Special District Judge Keith Aycock amended a lewd molestation of a minor charge Monday and ordered 22-year-old Darrell Lee King bound over to district court on a first degree rape charge. King, 23, Lawton, stood for trial after a preliminary hearing. A 13-year-old Lawton girl testified she had sexual relations with him about four times, with her mother reporting the incident last November when the girl said she was five months pregnant.
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Keith Aycock
Lawton
Darrell Lee King
Robert Looney
Turner charged in second degree rape case in Lawton
Special District Judge Jack Atkinson set bond at $1000 for Dale Floyd Turner 25 of 2310 G and scheduled a March 7 preliminary hearing on charges of second degree rape. Police arrested Turner last week at a Lawton motel where a 14 year old girl was staying. The defendant appeared in district court Monday for arraignment.
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Jack Atkinson
Dale Floyd Turner
Turner
Lawton
Boulder County adopts hard plea bargaining ban in felony cases
Boulder County District Attorney Alex Hunter ends plea bargaining, prompting a surge in trials from about 30 to as many as 120 annually. Public Defender Paul McCormick warns of overwork as judges with varying experience handle more felonies. Assistant DA Bill Wise notes no new funding, urging police to boost investigations.
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Boulder
Colo
Alex Hunter
Boulder County
Paul McCormick
Hunter
McCormick
Bill Wise
Rex Scott
District Attorney's Office
Wise
Probe Of Theater Blaze To Continue
State fire officials continue the probe into the origin of the Thompson Theater fire that leveled the 1919-built venue. Fire marshal agent Huston Sansome said several witnesses remain to be interviewed as investigators work to determine what started the blaze. The building, declared a total loss, was owned by Lloyd Hall and Howard Solomon, with hall operated the theater and both men connected to local employers.
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Walters
Duncan
Temple
Comanche
Hall
Pittsburgh Paint & Glass
Wichita Falls
Howard Solomon
Grandfield
Lawton Publishing Co
Senators Hopeful New Referendum Threat Overcome
Senate debate over the Panama Canal treaty continues as the Foreign Relations Committee reported a two part pact with amendments to guarantee U S priority access and right to defend the canal after 2000. A split vote and later revisions aimed to avoid another Panamanian plebiscite while timing the senate's review of neutrality and turnover sections.
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Washington
Senate
Panama
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Foreign Relations Panel
William P. Clements
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Carter
Omar Torrijos
Carter-Torrijos
U.s.-Panama
Pilots to Meet Lawton Airport Officials at Library
Lawton aircraft owners and pilots will gather at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Lawton Public Library. Arnold D. Owens, group chairman, said officers will be elected and services at Lawton Municipal Airport will be discussed.
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Lawton
Lawton Public
Arnold D. Owens
Owens
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