Ardmore Police Department officials say the drug arrests in recent weeks clearly shows the negative impact narcotics have on children and what officers are doing to protect these innocent victims. Capt. Leroy Johnson, APD Criminal Investigation Division, said the arrest of three people early Wednesday by APD Fourth Shift officers also resulted in two small children being placed in protective custody. "That's makes 16 children placed in protective custody in recent weeks," Johnson said. "These children are innocent victims of what their parents or other relatives or caretakers are doing. And it's very traumatic for these children." [continues 474 words]
MILL CREEK -- The investigation into an illicit methamphetamine lab explosion June 30 that sent a fireball through a local residence and injured two women has turned into a homicide case. District Attorney Task Force agents said Teresa Hicks, who was burned on 50 percent of her body, when the lab exploded in her kitchen, died Monday at Integris Baptist Burn Center in Oklahoma City. District Attorney Mitch Sperry said late Tuesday Hicks' death changes the focus of the case. "It ups the ante," Sperry said. "It's now a homicide case." [continues 318 words]
Two rural Ratliff City women demonstrated early today in front of the courthouse protesting a $10,000 bond that allows a Kingman, Ariz., man freedom pending the outcome of his trial on a drug trafficking charge in Carter County District Court. Angela Cortez said she and her mother, 78-year-old Lois Butler, were calling for an increase in bond in the case charging 54-year-old Jimmy V. Martin with trafficking methamphetamine. "My purpose for being here is I want that bond upped," Cortez said. "His bond when he was arrested was $250,000. It was then reduced to $10,000 and he had been running for a year when they caught him. We (Carter County) taxpayers had to pay for them to extradite him from Arizona back to Ardmore." [continues 611 words]
AMidwest City businessman, who apparently planned to spend a long weekend on his houseboat moored at Lake Murray, is behind bars instead, facing pending child pornography, drugs and weapons charges. Philip Lyon, 56, was arrested by park rangers and District Attorney Task Force agents Thursday afternoon when he attempted to board his $55,000-plus boat at the lake's marina. Lyon was taken into custody without incident. He was transported to the county jail where he was booked pending the filing of formal charges. [continues 463 words]
