Local, State briefs
BY Staff Reports
Friday, February 08, 2013
2/08/13 at 3:00 AM
Manslaughter charge filed in fatal shooting of friend
A Tulsa teenager was charged Thursday with first-degree manslaughter in connection with a fatal shooting last week.
Dijion Mastin, 18, was charged in Tulsa County District Court in the Jan. 28 death of DeJuan D. Wilson, 19.
Mastin told police that he picked up a handgun from a sofa and accidentally shot Wilson, his arrest report says.
He also said he and Wilson - whose first name is spelled Dujuan in some documents - were "close personal friends," according to the report.
Mastin also was charged Thursday with reckless conduct with a firearm, a misdemeanor.
Officers found Deandre Marquis Overstreet, 21; Ronald Anthony Tolbert, 23; and Christopher Paul Williams, 21, in the residence in the 2400 block of North Boston Place when they arrived to investigate the shooting, according to arrest reports.
Overstreet, Tolbert, and Williams all were charged Thursday with being accessories after the fact. The charges allege that the three helped "conceal" Mastin in the aftermath of the shooting.
All four men remain in the Tulsa Jail.
- DAVID HARPER, World Staff Writer
Jenks student jailed after cellphone, biting incidents
A Jenks High School student was in jail Thursday night on accusations that he refused to surrender his cellphone, fled from the school and bit one of the police officers who brought him into custody.
Cody Tyler Brinkley, 18, was booked into the Tulsa Jail on Wednesday on complaints that include aggravated assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.
Police were called after Brinkley disobeyed a command to surrender his cellphone about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and left the school building, his arrest report states.
Police said officers found him apparently preparing to drive away. Brinkley got out of the car but did not obey officers' other commands, advanced toward them and appeared to be about to strike one officer, the report alleges.
Two blasts of pepper spray and baton strikes to Brinkley's legs were used before three officers were able to handcuff him, the report says.
One of the officers was treated at a medical facility for a bite wound he received from Brinkley, the document says.
- DAVID HARPER, World Staff Writer
Miami man admits making threat to bomb high school
An Ottawa County man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Tulsa to threatening to bomb the Miami, Okla., high school.
Bobby Ray Harris, 26, of Miami admitted stating during a phone call Sept. 11 that a bomb had been placed in the school and was set to explode. The threat led to the evacuation of the school as bomb units from the Tulsa Police Department and Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigated, according to an FBI affidavit. No explosive device was found.
Welch State Bank in Miami received a phone call that same morning from a man who said he wanted $3,000 or else he would set off a bomb at the high school, the affidavit says.
Harris was apprehended that day and was indicted Oct. 2 in connection with both crimes.
He confessed to making both calls, the affidavit says.
A court filing by the defense says Harris is an Army veteran who suffered head wounds while serving in Iraq, which left him with post-traumatic stress disorder. His petition to plead guilty states that he also has bipolar disorder and suffers from anxiety and cognitive disorders resulting from traumatic brain injury.
U.S. Chief District Judge Gregory Frizzell is scheduled to sentence Harris, who has been undergoing mental health treatment at the 12&12 rehabilitation center, on May 14.
- DAVID HARPER, World Staff Writer
Payne County judge was targeted, police allege
STILLWATER - A man was arrested after threatening to shoot up the Payne County Courthouse with an assault rifle, police said.
Jeffrey Shea Johnson, 43, said Feb. 1 that "a judge in the town" was after him to pay fines, according to Stillwater police.
District Judge Phillip Corley is listed as the incident's victim on Stillwater police logs. Johnson is under the supervision of Payne County's Drug Court, which is overseen by Corley, records show.
Johnson has unpaid court fines, and Corley ordered him to get a job or face more jail time, police said.
Johnson told a worker at an employment office that he would get an AK-47 assault rifle and "unload some clips" at the courthouse if he couldn't find a job, Capt. Randy Dickerson said.
Johnson is in the Payne County Jail with bail set at $15,000.
- SAMANTHA VICENT, World Correspondent
