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Police execute search warrant at NW OKC restaurant previously raided in 2023

Monday, June 1 by News 9

OKLAHOMA CITY -Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agents served a search warrant early Friday at a northwest Oklahoma City restaurant that authorities have previously raided. Just after midnight, OBN says the agency’s Marijuana Enforcement Teams and Human Trafficking Unit entered the Lucky Zhang Seafood Restaurant, located along Northwest 23rd Street between Western Avenue and Classen Boulevard,... Read More.

Oklahoma set to execute Kendrick Simpson for 2006 OKC double murder

Thursday, February 12 by News 6

MCALESTER, Okla. -The State of Oklahoma is set to execute a man convicted of killing two men in a 2006 drive-by shooting in Oklahoma City. Kendrick Simpson has spent 19 years on death row for the murders of Glen Palmer and Anthony Jones following a fight at a nightclub. Prosecutors said Simpson followed the victims for... Read More.

Oklahoma Set to Execute Death Row Prisoner Wendell Grissom

Thursday, March 20 by News 6

McAlester, Okla. - The State of Oklahoma is set to carry out its first execution of 2025, with death row prisoner Wendell Arden Grissom scheduled to be put to death Thursday morning. MORE: Oklahoma denies clemency for convicted killer, death row inmate Grissom has been on death row for nearly 17 years for the random... Read More.

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Oklahoma Set To Execute Kevin Underwood For 2006 Murder Of 10-Year-Old Girl

Tuesday, January 14 by Ponca City Now

MCALESTER, Okla. – The state of Oklahoma is set to execute a man Thursday morning for the 2006 rape, murder, and dismemberment of a 10-year-old Purcell girl. Kevin Underwood, 42, was sentenced to death in 2008 for the brutal killing of his neighbor, Jamie Bolin. Underwood was convicted after he invited Bolin into his apartment, where... Read More.

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