Two men are arrested in shooting with assault rifle
Two men were arrested late Friday night on complaints of shooting at an occupied house with a high-powered assault rifle, injuring one person inside.
Deonte Raeshaun Smith, 19, was arrested at 11:30 p.m. Friday on five counts of shooting with intent to kill, shooting a firearm from a vehicle, possession of stolen property and possession of marijuana, according to his arrest and booking report.
Jarvis Vedahl Prince, 19, of Broken Arrow was also arrested on complaints of shooting a firearm from a vehicle, possession of stolen property, possession of marijuana and speeding. He allegedly drove the vehicle.
Tulsa police officers were near the 5000 block of North Peoria Avenue when they heard 10 to 15 shots fired from a high-powered rifle and then saw a vehicle speeding from the 5200 block of North Peoria Avenue. After police pulled the vehicle over in the 5100 block of North Johnstown Avenue, Smith, Prince and a third subject were taken into custody.
Officers found a loaded assault rifle in the backseat and a shell casing in the driver's seat, and officers could smell gunpowder in the car, according to the report. A check on the weapon found it was stolen out of Creek County.
According to the arrest report, Smith admitted to detectives that he shot the assault rifle at a house in the 1300 block of East 51st Street North, which had five people inside at the time of the shooting.
Sgt. Robert Heidlage said one person was shot in the hip and was transported to Hillcrest Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police believe the person who was targeted in the shooting had been in a fight or argument earlier Friday evening at or around the McLain High School football game, Heidlage said.
Smith is being held at the Tulsa County Jail on $401,750 bail. Prince's bail is $26,900.
- SARA PLUMMER, World Staff Writer
Man arrested after nude pictures of woman taken
A Sand Springs man was arrested Saturday morning after a woman called police to report that he had taken nude pictures of her with his cellphone.
Daniel Parks Ferguson, 19, was arrested on one complaint of peeping Tom with photographic/electronic equipment.
Tulsa County sheriff's officers responded to the call in the 1100 block of west Fourth Street in Sand Springs just after 7 a.m. Saturday.
According to the arrest report, Ferguson was at the woman's house with another friend when the victim noticed Ferguson's phone in her room with the camera pointed at her after she had taken a shower.
Ferguson allegedly told officers he had taken the photos of the victim and it wasn't the first time he had done it.
His phone had many pictures of the victim nude and partially clothed, police said.
Ferguson is being held at the Tulsa County Jail without bail.
- SARA PLUMMER, World Staff Writer
Three men escape from correctional center
Three prisoners escaped from Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center on Saturday morning.
Bryce Agnew, Jeffery Don Bradshaw and Daniel Lee Joshua Dolezal were discovered missing from the facility in Vinita at 8:30 a.m., according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
All three men are considered armed and dangerous, authorities said.
Agnew, 43, is serving a 15-year prison sentence for possession of a controlled substance. He is described as white, 6 feet tall and weighing 169 pounds. He has brown hair, blue eyes and features a scar on the back of his head along with a tattoo of a dragon and Reaper on his chest.
Bradshaw, 41, is serving a 20-year sentence for grand larceny. He is described as American Indian, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing about 145 pounds. Bradshaw has black hair, brown eyes and several tattoos, including his last name etched across his abdomen.
Dolezal, 31, is serving a 10-year sentence for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He is described as American Indian, 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 189 pounds with black hair and green eyes. He features a tattoo on his back and another with the word "Skyler" on his shoulder.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of the men is asked to call the Oklahoma Department of Corrections Fugitive Warrants Division at 405-425-2570.
- KENDRICK MARSHALL, World Staff Writer
Mom taking kids to school arrested on DUI complaint
A Bixby woman was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol while taking her two children to school.
Sarah Rose Whitmarsh, 33, was arrested by Bixby police on complaints of driving under the influence, child endangerment and driving under a suspended license after police stopped her for speeding at 7:39 a.m. Thursday in the 15000 block of South Memorial Drive, an arrest report said.
Police said Whitmarsh told the arresting officer, who noted the smell of alcohol on her breath, that her driver's license was suspended and she had taken prescription medication, the report said.
Police also said Whitmarsh revealed that she "didn't sleep all night," and that she "had a few drinks" during the overnight hours, the report noted.
She was taken into custody after failing a field sobriety test, police said. The children were transported to school by a school resource officer, police said.
Whitmarsh is in the Tulsa Jail on $51,520 bond.
- KENDRICK MARSHALL, World Staff Writer
