Inmate Kunta Kenta Griffith decided his time in jail was over and snuck out by blending in with a group of weekend prisoners.
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Chicken-Fried News: Pulling weeds
A routine traffic stop on Interstate 40 led police to 93 pounds of marijuana.
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Chicken-Fried News: Rotten eggs
Two more workers at the Oklahoma County Jail have been accused of smuggling things in to prisoners.
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Chicken-Fried News: Intimidation witnessed
The former Luther city councilman facing charges for telling inmates to steal wire from tornado sirens is now intimidating witnesses as well.
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Chicken-Fried News: Jailhouse blues
Family members of an Oklahoma County jail inmate protested after hearing about unsanitary conditions.
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Coal for Christmas?
No, it won’t come from the jolly big guy with the white beard, red suit and a plethora of reindeer. Instead, it’ll be the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s Office delivering the COAL. Actually, the COAL isn’t charcoal-isn’t charcoal-colored briquettes stuck into stockings, either. COAL is an acronym for Christmas Operation with Additional Law Enforcement. Sheriff John […]
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Lotta pot
“When approached, both the driver and the passenger produced fake Mexican driver licenses,” said Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel, who announced the bust at a news conference today. Whetsel, who faces a re-election vote tomorrow against challenger Darrell Sorrels, said officers easily spotted several cardboard boxes wrapped in tape in the backseat. “A K-9 was […]
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Sheriff in town
The contest pits Sheriff John Whetsel, a Democrat who is running for his fifth consecutive term, against 20-year law-enforcement veteran and U.S. Marshal Service special deputy Darrell Sorrels. While Whetsel has a definite edge in fundraising — totaling around $333,000 against Sorrels’ $28,000, as of this writing — Sorrels is a Republican in one of […]
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Hail the jail
Sheriff John Whetsel said the jail has been working to win accreditation from the ACA for several years. He said the Sept. 10 announcement was the culmination of years of work by jail staff, jail officials and county elected officials. The ACA accreditation makes the county jail the second facility in the state — Tulsa […]
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The right to choose
Due to the vast television coverage by helicopter, it was easy to see that we have a well-trained fire department whose members gave an all-out effort to save lives and property. Credit also goes to the various police departments and Oklahoma County Sheriff John Whetsel and his department. They assisted in the evacuation of homeowners […]