Nicknamed “The Chameleon” by the press, Bourdin is known for having assumed untold hundreds of identities; Bart Layton’s film wisely chooses to focus on just one of those cases. Luckily, it’s a doozy — one so unbelievable, you wouldn’t believe it without the proof. In 1994, in San Antonio, Texas, a 13-year-old boy named Nicholas […]
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The Protector / Crime Story
Glickenhaus’ The Protector casts Chan in one of the Asian superstar’s three mid-’80s, ill-fated attempts at conquering American cinema, with the other two being The Big Brawl and The Cannonball Run. While this 1985 film is nowhere near the greatness of the product Chan churned out back home, it’s worth the while. It’s also now […]
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Cop to it
Credit: Shannon Cornman That push comes in the wake of the city’s 99 homicides last year, an increase of 41 compared to a total of 58 in 2011 and 56 the year before. And while it’s too soon to read too much into that jump, violent crime does appear to be in an upward trend, […]
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Avenging the kitty
Credit: Brad Gregg And then there is that volatile hybrid of “cat and gun people.” Witness the case of Fred Meyer, who recently was arrested for threatening to shoot an Oklahoma City veterinarian at an animal hospital after his cat died while in their care. Apparently, the cat escaped, ran willy-nilly around the clinic, and […]
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Their lips were sealed
Credit: Brad Gregg Former OSU student Nathan Cochran was arrested Dec. 12 after being charged with three charges of sexual battery for allegedly groping and performing sex acts on other male students as they slept. One of the victims reported an incident to OSU officials Nov. 12. After a total of five victims came forward, […]
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A real maverick
David Prater Credit: Mark Hancock On the other end was Scott Rowland, Prater’s first assistant district attorney. Rowland was at the Oklahoma City Police Department’s homicide division; there was a video he wanted Prater to see. A few days prior, Prater had heard about two people trying to rob a local pharmacy, but that a […]
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Back that up
Credit: Brad Gregg Have you considered the healing power of chiropractic? We’ve been to the chiropractor and we can say unequivocally that it kinda helped. We paid him for his services — with a check. But a local chiro with the not-at-all-creepy name of Shandy Sells was arrested a little over a week ago for […]
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Questioning power and authority
So why do we, as citizens, often treat police officers with a general mistrust, suspicion and fear? The answer is both simple and complex. Americans are wary about police officers because we have entrusted them with such a critical duty. More important, we have handed to them an authority that — even if slightly abused […]
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A closer look
Robin Howard died June 23 from pneumonia caused by blunt force trauma to the chest. The manner of death was ruled a homicide by the state medical examiner. The 54-year-old Howard was arrested on June 19 after officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop, at which point Howard allegedly led them on a short vehicle […]
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No charges
Attorney David Slane with membersof Robin Howard’s family Credit: Mark Hancock As family members of the deceased Robin Howard emerged and began walking toward other members of the family who had been awaiting their return, there was no need to explain what had just happened — their faces and tears said it all: No charges […]