Trial dates of two Washington County criminal cases switched
By LAURA SUMMERS World Correspondent on Aug 6, 2013, at 2:26 AM Updated on 8/06/13 at 5:18 AM
Bartlesville
A $36.7 million school bond proposal received overwhelming support Tuesday from Bartlesville voters, who approved the district's plan to construct a new ninth-grade center, upgrade middle schools and improve security in all buildings.
An Ochelata man will face trial on a first-degree manslaughter charge involving a September 2012 traffic fatality.
BARTLESVILLE - The trial dates of two high-profile Washington County criminal cases have been flip-flopped at the request of prosecutors.
Sammie Eaglebear Chavez, 19, who is charged with planning, attempting or conspiring to perform an act of violence with the intention of causing serious bodily harm or death to Bartlesville High School students, will head to trial on Sept. 23. Chavez originally was scheduled to come before a jury Sept. 9.
Chavez has been held in jail with a $1 million bond since his Dec. 14 arrest, which followed an investigation into allegations he attempted to recruit his classmates at Bartlesville High to assist in a plan to lure students into the school auditorium and shoot them.
Brandon William Capps, who is charged with first-degree murder in the October slaying of his grandmother, now will go to trial on Sept. 9. Capps previously had been set to go before a jury on Sept. 23.
Capps was arrested on Halloween after police discovered Clara Jean Hammer, 81, had been beaten to death by a baseball bat in her east Bartlesville home. Capps also is being held in Washington County jail with a $1 million bond.
District Judge Curtis DeLapp changed the trial date for Chavez at the request of Washington County District Attorney Kevin Buchanan.
Original Print Headline: Switch made in two trial dates
Bartlesville
A $36.7 million school bond proposal received overwhelming support Tuesday from Bartlesville voters, who approved the district's plan to construct a new ninth-grade center, upgrade middle schools and improve security in all buildings.
An Ochelata man will face trial on a first-degree manslaughter charge involving a September 2012 traffic fatality.
