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Oklahoma woman indicted for voting twice in general election

Monday, October 27 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Multi-County Grand Jury has indicted a woman on one felony count of voting illegally. Victoria Vincenza Dill, 31, is accused of voting twice in the general election in November 2024. The Oklahoma State Election Board discovered Dill voted in person in Oklahoma County and submitted an absentee ballot in Payne... Read More.

Kay County commissioner indicted by Multi-County Grand Jury on livestock charge

Wednesday, July 30 by Ponca City Now-Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond

OKLAHOMA CITY (July 30, 2025) – A Kay County commissioner has turned himself in after he was indicted on 10 felony charges from the Multi-County Grand Jury. Shane Douglas Jones, 36, is charged with one count of larceny of livestock and nine counts of branding with intent to defraud.According to investigators, Jones was hired by a cattle... Read More.

Suspect indicted after masked gunmen threatened medical marijuana workers

Monday, July 28 by Ponca City Now

OKLAHOMA CITY – A joint investigation by the Attorney General’s Office and the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority has led to an indictment from the Multi-County Grand Jury. Robert Dewayne Mayfield, Jr., 23, faces five felony counts related to the robbery of a medical marijuana operation. According to court documents, Mayfield is accused of an armed... Read More.

Mexican national in Catoosa indicted for unlawful reentry in U.S. after infant homicide

Friday, April 25 by KTUL

CATOOSA, OKLA. (KTUL) — A Mexican national who was deported after serving time for the death of his own baby was arrested in Catoosa and indicted for unlawfully reentering the United States.In 1994, Carlos Ambriz Estrada pleaded guilty to deliberate homicide. He is now charged with unlawful reentry of a removed alien after having been... Read More.

Former Texas Megachurch Pastor Indicted in Oklahoma on Child Sexual Abuse Charges

Friday, March 14 by AP

DALLAS (AP) — A former pastor of a Texas megachurch who resigned after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her in the 1980s has been indicted in Oklahoma on child sexual abuse charges, that state’s attorney general’s office said Wednesday.Robert Preston Morris, 63, has been charged with five counts of... Read More.

Former Disability Services Director Indicted for Embezzlement

Monday, March 3 by Beverly Cantrell

OKLAHOMA CITY – The former executive director of a company that provides community living services for vulnerable adults with disabilities faces two felony counts after a Multi-County Grand Jury investigation. The indictment was unsealed today. Freedom Anderson, 46, worked as the executive director at Brightway Community Living. Between August 2022 and May 2024, she is... Read More.

Former Kay County Oklahoma Supervisory Corrections Officer Indicted for Civil Rights Violations

Monday, November 22 by Lyman James

The U.S. Department of Justice announced in a press release Friday at justice.gov that a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging a former Kay County Oklahoma supervisory corrections officer with federal civil rights violations.The indictment alleges that on May 18, 2017, Matthew Ware, while acting in his official capacity as a... Read More.

Mitchell Indicted And Will Go To Trial

Thursday, February 20 by Lyman James

PERRY, Okla. - It was decided by a judge in the Noble County Courthouse in Perry on Wednesday that a deadly police shooting case will go to trial.Blackwell Police Lieutenant John Mitchell was indicted by a grand jury last year after killing a woman, identified as Michael Godsey during a pursuit that occurred in... Read More.