Local, State briefs
By Staff Reports
Saturday, December 08, 2012
12/08/12 at 2:38 AM
Couple threatened by burglar in Tulsa home
A burglar threatened a Tulsa couple in their bedroom after gaining access to a guarded and gated community early Friday.
Tulsa police responded to the 6300 block of South Yorktown Avenue at 12:55 a.m.
A man and woman at the residence told officers that a man with his face obscured and wearing a hooded sweatshirt entered their bedroom and told them not to look at him, police said.
He reportedly threatened the woman with a knife.
The man said it felt like the burglar held a gun to his head, but he didn't see a firearm during the burglary, said Cpl. Chris Bauer.
The burglar asked the couple where their valuables were and stole an iPad, cell phones and jewelry, Bauer said.
The security guard said a suspicious-looking man was pacing in front of the complex about 30 minutes before the burglary.
AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
Teen wanted in Missouri homicide may be in Tulsa
A 16-year-old wanted for homicide in Missouri may be in the Tulsa area, authorities said Friday.
Marcus Stephens, who's also known as Marcus Hill, is a suspect in a Joplin slaying on July 6, Tulsa police said in a news release.
He is considered armed and dangerous, they said.
Stephens is described as black, 5 feet 9 inches and 130 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with more information on his whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS (2677), online at tulsaworld.com/crimestoppers or via text message at CRIMES (274637). Text tips should begin with "Tip918." Tipsters can remain anonymous and may earn a reward.
AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
Tulsa man is arrested in prostitution sting
A Tulsa man was arrested on a complaint of human trafficking during a prostitution sting late Thursday.
Police apprehended Tarran Arnell Brinson, 23, after meeting with a 15-year-old who solicited prostitution to an undercover officer at the Super 8 motel, 6616 E. Archer St., according to Brinson's arrest report.
An officer arranged to meet the girl through backpage.com, a public website for posting free classified ads, police said.
While the officer was inside the motel room with the girl, a second officer conducting surveillance saw a black GMC Yukon Denali drive by the room twice, the report states.
The girl received a text message warning her police were outside the room while the Denali was in the parking lot, police said.
Hotel staff confirmed Brinson rented the room. Officers later found a key to the room in Brinson's pocket and marijuana in his sock, according to the report.
Brinson is being held at the Tulsa Jail in lieu of $100,250.
AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
Man pleads guilty in drunken driving accident
MIAMI, Okla. - An Ottawa County man who attempted to slash his throat after he was involved in a head-on drunken driving accident pleaded guilty and received a one-year suspended sentence, according to court records.
Kalom Luke Tracy, 33, of Wyandotte entered the guilty plea Wednesday in Ottawa County District Court to driving under the influence resulting in personal injury accident. He was also fined $1,000, records show.
Tracy was driving a pickup on Oklahoma 10 near Wyandotte on Sept. 18 when he attempted to pass several vehicles and struck a vehicle head-on driven by Reilly McLaughlin of Wyandotte.
Victoria McLaughlin, Ethan Rodgers and Makailey Mitchell, all passengers in McLaughlin's vehicle, were flown by helicopter to Freeman Hospital in Joplin and to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, according to an Oklahoman Highway Patrol report.
Troopers said on the accident report that Tracy smelled of alcohol, and they determined the cause of the collision to be alcohol-related.
Troopers said Tracy retrieved a knife from his pickup after the wreck and attempted to cut his throat.
- Sheila Stogsdill, World Correspondent
Former detention worker accused of molesting teen
MUSKOGEE - A former Muskogee County juvenile detention worker charged with molesting a teenage girl was bound over for trial, a prosecutor said Friday.
Nancy Kaye Scraper, 39, of Muskogee is charged with lewd molestation, a felony and two misdemeanor charges of harboring a runaway child.
Prosecutor Dan Medlock said another juvenile testified during Scraper's preliminary hearing Thursday.
Scraper is accused of molesting a 15-year-old girl while she was her detention officer. She is also accused of harboring two juveniles, ages 13 and 15, in her home after learning that they had ran away from foster care.
A photo of Scraper reportedly kissing the victim was sent to an Oklahoma Department of Human Services employee, according to an arrest affidavit.
Scraper is being held on $100,000 bail at the Muskogee County jail.
- Sheila Stogsdill, World Correspondent
Ex-diner owner charged with meth possession
A former local restaurant owner has been charged with possessing methamphetamine while intending to distribute the drug, according to a federal indictment unsealed Friday afternoon.
Francisco "Frank" Olmos Munoz Sr. was indicted under seal Monday and the charge became public when he was arraigned Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Tulsa.
Olmos, who is in his mid-50s, is accused of having the drugs Nov. 30 when he was arrested by the Tulsa Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration at a residence in the 5400 block of East 71st Place.
According to his booking report, Olmos was allegedly found in possession of more than 20 pounds of methamphetamine. It was reportedly the pure "ice" form of the drug, worth $10,000 to $15,000 per pound wholesale.
Olmos, who lists a Beggs address, had been involved in the local restaurant business for close to 20 years - most recently operating El Mojito Mexican Restaurant in Broken Arrow.
He would face 10 years to life in prison if convicted of the charge in the indictment.
Olmos was in Tulsa Jail as of Friday evening.
- FROM STAFF REPORTS
Fire at Bronze Horse was likely electrical short
PAWHUSKA - An electrical short in a wax pot is the probable cause of a fire that destroyed a foundry early Friday, Pawhuska Fire Capt. Lloyd Arnce said.
The blaze at the Bronze Horse Foundry, about four miles south of town on Oklahoma 99, was reported at about 12:50 a.m., Arnce said. A woman in the facility at the time escaped unharmed, he said.
Arnce had no immediate cost estimate on damage.
A volunteer Pawhuska firefighter broke his foot fighting the blaze, and another Pawhuska firefighter became dehydrated, Arnce said. Both men were treated at Jane Phillips Medical Center and released, he said.
The Bronze Horse was established in 1981 by artist John Free Sr.
- FROM STAFF REPORTS
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