Former 'Most Wanted' is sentenced for firing shots
A man who was once featured as "Tulsa's Most Wanted'' has been sentenced to five years in prison for shooting at a woman outside the victim's residence.
Dejuan Price Sr., 29, pleaded guilty this week to three felonies - shooting with an intent to kill, discharging a weapon into a dwelling place and possessing a firearm as a felon. Tulsa County District Judge James Caputo sentenced him to five years in prison, and he must serve at least 85 percent - 51 months - before becoming eligible for parole.
He also pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors - trespassing and transporting a loaded firearm in a vehicle - and received concurrent terms that won't add to his time in custody.
The woman was shot at after an argument with a neighbor in the 11800 block of East 36th Street on Dec. 1, 2011, records show. Price drove up after the argument and fired several shots at the woman, who ran into her residence unharmed, according to reports.
A 2-year-old inside the house was not injured, police reported previously.
Price was featured in January as the Tulsa Police Department's ''most wanted" fugitive, records show.
- BILL BRAUN, World Staff Writer
Second man convicted of armed robberies of stores
A Tulsa man was found guilty Tuesday of five federal charges related to two violent armed robberies that occurred in the early morning hours of Aug. 17.
Kaleb Jermaine Myers, 22, was found guilty of robbery and gun charges connected to heists at the Kum & Go stores at 14495 E. 51st St. and 11296 E. 71st St. Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Woodward said the crimes occurred within an hour of each other.
A 23-year-old clerk was pistol-whipped during the robbery of the 51st Street location, and an 18-year-old employee was hit over the head with a gun during the heist at the 71st Street store, an FBI affidavit says.
A jury also found Myers guilty of conspiring to commit the robberies with Julien Lee Hale of Tulsa. Hale, 20, pleaded guilty to four of the charges on Dec. 7.
U.S. District Judge Claire Eagan is to sentence Myers on April 1 and Hale on March 8. Myers is facing at least 40 years in prison, while Hale is looking at a minimum of 10 years in custody, Woodward estimated.
The two were arrested Aug. 23 and charged in Tulsa County District Court on Aug. 31. The state charges were dismissed after federal prosecutors filed charges Oct. 12 under the Hobbs Act, which allows federal jurisdiction when businesses that engage in interstate commerce are robbed.
- David Harper, World Staff Writer
Tulsa man is shot during fight with his neighbor
A man was in serious condition Tuesday after he was shot multiple times in a dispute with a neighbor.
The shooting happened about 3:30 p.m. in the 3700 block of South 27th West Avenue when two armed men exchanged gunfire during an argument, Tulsa police said.
Police said a 33-year-old man was shot twice in the hip and once in the face. He was taken by ambulance to a hospital, and his name was not released Tuesday.
The other man, whose name also had not been released, was taken into custody, police said.
- KENDRICK MARSHALL, World Staff Writer
Stolen cars are found after woman shot outside home
Police discovered two stolen vehicles behind a Tulsa residence after a shooting early Tuesday.
A 30-year-old woman was shot in the back outside a residence near Robertson Elementary School, 2721 W. 50th St., about 12:30 a.m., police said.
She had been standing outside with several other people when several rounds were fired at the house, and the woman was shot in the back while attempting to run inside, Officer Jill Roberson said.
She was taken to St. Francis Hospital, but information on her condition was not available.
Investigators discovered that the woman had been in an argument with the man who is suspected of being the shooter, a 30-year-old whom police are still trying to locate, Roberson said.
They found and recovered two stolen vehicles in the residence's backyard, police said.
- AMANDA BLAND, World Staff Writer
Defendant in high-rise homicide to stay in jail
A woman who is accused of murdering her husband by pushing him through a Tulsa high-rise apartment window will not be able to post bond to be released from jail, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Tulsa County District Judge Kurt Glassco denied a defense request that would have allowed Amber Michelle Hilberling - who is being held without bail - the opportunity to get out of the Tulsa Jail.
Her trial is set for March 11. Hilberling has been in jail since Jan. 6, 2012.
Glassco had ruled previously that she violated the rules and conditions of her previous release on bond.
Hilberling's husband, Joshua Hilberling, 23, died June 7, 2011, when he fell 17 stories from a window in the couple's home at the University Club Apartments, 1722 S. Carson Ave.
Hilberling faces trial on a second-degree murder charge that accuses her of pushing her husband, causing him to fall through the window.
An alternative charge of first-degree manslaughter involves an allegation that his death occurred while she was committing a domestic assault and battery.
She was arrested on the day of his death and was released on $250,000 bond a day later.
A court document filed on her behalf described the death as "wholly accidental."
- BILL BRAUN, World Staff Writer
Police looking for driver in November hit-and-run
Tulsa police are seeking a man who is charged with leaving the scene of an injury vehicle crash in November.
Andrew Joshua Galloway, who is also known as Andrew Penny, was charged Dec. 6 with two felony counts of leaving the scene of a collision involving injury as well as misdemeanor counts of driving with a suspended license, speeding and failure to stop at a stop sign, Tulsa County District Court filings show.
Prosecutors allege that Galloway, 37, was driving a 2008 Dodge Charger that struck a 2002 Chevrolet Blazer near 14th Street and 131st East Avenue on Nov. 21. Two people were hospitalized as a result of the crash, filings show.
Jostin Morales suffered a "severe head injury that required sedation," according to the documents. Gary Gordon had unspecified injuries that required hospitalization.
Galloway reportedly was driving about 50 mph in a 25-mph zone and ran a stop sign, prosecutors assert.
He is described as black, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 130 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with more information regarding his whereabouts is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 918-596-COPS, online at tulsaworld.com/crimestoppers or via text message at CRIMES. Text tips should begin with "Tip918."
Tipsters can be anonymous and could receive a reward.
- AMANDA BLAND, World Staff Writer
Man jailed after wife shot at Sallisaw-area home
SALLISAW - A Sallisaw woman was critically injured in a shooting at her home Monday afternoon, and authorities have arrested her husband.
Shayna Stahl, 22, was flown by helicopter to a Tulsa hospital and is expected to survive, Sequoyah County Undersheriff Roger Fuller said.
Raymond Stahl, 26, is in jail on complaints of shooting with intent to kill, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and child endangerment.
The couple's child, who is about a year old, is believed to have witnessed the shooting and was near his mother when officers arrived, Fuller said.
The weapon was a .22-caliber rifle, and Stahl was shot in the left side of her chest.
Authorities have responded to domestic disputes at the family's residence, which is south of Sallisaw, in the past, Fuller said.
The case is still under investigation.
- Susan Hylton, World Staff Writer
Teen's end-times killing plot averted, official says
WAGONER - A 17-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday on allegations that he threatened to go on a shooting rampage after stealing a gun.
The teenager, whose name was not released, was apprehended in the Fort Gibson area.
He was booked into the Wagoner County Jail on complaints of larceny of a firearm, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and making terroristic threats, Maj. Gary Handley said.
The boy threatened to go on a shooting spree because "he felt the world was going to end soon," anyway, Handley said in a news release.
The teenager said he was going to "track down the people he hated no matter how far he had to go," Handley said.
When he was arrested, the teenager was in possession of a controlled dangerous substance, Handley said.
- KENDRICK MARSHALL, World Staff Writer
